Sigmund freud (1856-1939) was the founder of psychoanalysis, a theory of how the mind works and a method of helping people in mental distress. Freud was born on 6 may 1856 in freiberg, moravia Ò€¦ Sigmund freud[a] (born sigismund schlomo freud;

Sigmund freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was a physiologist, medical doctor, psychologist and influential thinker of the early twentieth century.