The early history of psychoanalysis and its subsequent ramifications, as discussed by psychoanalysts and other closely associated with the movement in interviews with Dr. Bluma Swerdloff. The series includes interviews, in this country and abroad, with associates of Sigmund Freud and leading representatives of major schools of psychoanalytic theory. The project aims to provide anecdotal, subjective material that will shed new light on the pioneers of the psychoanalytic movement and its influence on contemporary society.