Sigmund Freud ( FROYD; Austrian German: [ˈziːgmʊnd frɔʏd]; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst,...
—Douglas Coupland in Life After God