The free energy principle (FEP) has gained widespread interest and growing acceptance as
a new paradigm of brain function, but has had little impact on the theory and practice of …

The main concepts of the free energy (FE) neuroscience developed by Karl Friston and
colleagues parallel those of Freud's Project for a Scientific Psychology. In Hobson et al …

What kind of neuroscience does psychoanalysis require? At his time, Freud in his “Project
for a Scientific Psychology” searched for a model of the brain that could relate to incorporate …

Freud's core interest in the psyche was the dynamic unconscious: that part of the psyche
which is unconscious due to conflict (Freud,). Over the course of his career, Freud variously …

Major Depressive Disorder is a debilitating and increasingly prevalent psychiatric condition
(Compton et al.,; Andersen et al.,). At present, its primary treatments are antidepressant …

I use an influential computational theory of brain function—the free-energy principle—to
suggest three points of added complexity to Mark Solms's intriguing descriptions of the …

This is the first book to provide a complete overview of the field of energy psychology in
psychotherapy. The author, the originator of energy diagnostic and treatment methods, has …

Are there any developments in neuroscience since 1920 that might result in a revision of the
concepts of the repetition compulsion and the death instinct? The observation Freud made …

To understand our patients and optimize their treatment, psychotherapists of all theoretical
orientations may benefit from considering current scientific evidence alongside …

ABSTRACT A database of peer-reviewed journal articles exploring the emerging sub-
specialty known as “energy psychology” was assessed. This paper focuses on the 245 …