Freudian theories were never science (as we define it today) - as Popper pointed out after trying to reconcile scientific inquiry with Freud's and Adler's work

Freudian theories were never science (as we define it today) - as Popper pointed out after trying to reconcile scientific inquiry with Freud's and Adler's work - since they cannot be falsified, see e.g. https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/12451/why-did-karl-popper-criticize-freuds-theories https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/12451/why-did-kar... They might be part of mainstream psychology (I have read conflicting accounts), but they are definitely not part of mainstream science; very little of psychology is.