1. Anna Freud ( )
Alyssa Szydel

3. Birth Place
December 3, 1895 in Vienna, Austria
Youngest of six children
Distant from her siblings
Leaned towards father (Sigmund)

4. Childhood Father (Sigmund) favored Anna and sister Sophie
Not close to her mother, preferring the nurse instead
Suffered from depression and chronic eating disorders
Constant battle with Mother and sister, Sophie
Frequently sent away to “camp” during the summer

6. Late Adolescence/Adulthood
Studied education in 1910 from Cottage Lyceum, Vienna
Started being analyzed by father in 1918, lead to his findings and presentation titled “The Relation of Beating Fantasies to a Daydream”
Published her work on Defense Mechanisms

7. Anna Freud, 1918

8. Anna, the Teacher and Founder
Began teaching at Cottage Lyeceum
Became a member of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Training Institute society
Created Hampstead War nursery with live-in work partner, and “friend”, Dorothy Burlingham
Family fled Austria (1938) for England due to the Nazi invasion

9. Hampstead War Nursery
Nursery provided refuge for over 100 children who were homeless due to the bombings of WWII

10. Career- Hampstead Clinic
Considered one of the founders of childhood psychoanalysis
Created and directed Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic ( )

11. Child Therapy Course began in 1947 and later became a clinic as well in 1951

12. Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic
Anna Freud continued to refine her theories based on her work with children and families at the Hampstead Child Therapy Course and Clinic

13. Influences Sigmund Freud (as a father and his work)
"The Relation of Beating Fantasies to a Daydream"
“The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense”
“Young Children in Wartime” (1942), “Infants Without Families” (1943), and “War and Children” (1943)

14. The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Charity in London, working with children and families experiencing mental health problems for over 60 years
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15. Discussion Based on what you/others wrote on the board:
Do you think Freud approved of Anna’s sexuality back then? Do you think he would approve of it today? Explain.
What do you think Anna Freud would think about today’s foster care system? Orphanages? Group homes?