Horney, Karen Clementine - Theories In Action
Theories In Action
Horney's greatest contribution to psychoanalytic thought clearly was her inability to accept the theories of her contemporaries as unquestionable. That ability to doubt was born in listening to her dogmatic, Bible-throwing father preach his "truth." Once Freud's work had gained acceptance in Europe during Horney's time, it became the ultimate reality. It did not become reality for Horney and a few other free-thinkers, however. Like Jung and Adler, Horney for the most part was able to dispassionately consider what parts of Freud's theories had validity and what parts did not. This led to the germination of a rich variety of psychoanalytic schools of thought. (There are an estimated 400 of them today.) Varied psychoanalytic thought ultimately makes it possible for patients to choose from abundant resources to find what will be helpful to them. Without Horney's (and others') voices, the...
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