 He has received many honors, ranging from First Sigmund Freud Memorial Professor University College London (1975-76) to the Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award of the International Psychoanalytic Association (2009).Schafer began to present traditional psychoanalytical concepts not as scientific principles but as interpretative storylines.In this view there is no single correct interpretation of a life story; rather, like other narrative constructions, such as poems or novels, the account lends itself to various understandings each of which can legitimately claim to be true while emphasizing another way of looking at it.