The focus is entirely on the self. He must create his OWN values, religion, goals. They must come from within him. He must not be dependent upon any outside authority or religion. Repression is very harmful.
Sex is the most potent driving factor in our lives.
Freud deliberately lied about the success he had with a number of the cases he claimed to have completely cured. Freud claimed to help the emotionally disturbed, yet he suffered from depression during which he would recourse to cocaine. His weird sexual theories were based upon the gruesome Greek myth of Oedipus. Out of these main avenues there are over 200 different psychotherapuetic approaches. In 1952, in a notorious memorandum that received very little publicity, Eysenk investigated the success rate of various forms of psychotherapy.