The Strong, Silent Type: Psychoanalysis in 'The Sopranos'

'Pyschoanalysis is big in 'The Sopranos'. The relationship between Tony and his psychiatrist, Dr Jennifer Melfi, has always been a key focus of the show...Creator David Chase, we are told, 'was a devotee of Freud in high school', but does his show subscribe to Freudian ideas of analysis? What does 'The Sopranos' think of pyschoanalysis as a process? And is all this therapy actually doing anyone any good?'