▁Active ▁years ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁meet ings ▁grew ▁to ▁include ▁more ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁contrib utors ▁to ▁ps y cho analysis , ▁analyt ic ▁fran k ness ▁sometimes ▁became ▁an ▁exc use ▁for ▁personal ▁attacks . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁Max ▁Graf , ▁whose ▁five - year - old ▁son ▁had ▁been ▁an ▁early ▁topic ▁of ▁discussion ▁as ▁Fre ud ' s ▁famous ▁" L ittle ▁Hans " ▁case , ▁de pl ored ▁the ▁disapp earance ▁of ▁con gen ial ity . ▁There ▁were ▁still ▁discuss ions ▁from ▁which ▁important ▁ins ights ▁could ▁be ▁g lean ed , ▁but ▁many ▁became ▁ac rim on ious . ▁Many ▁members ▁wanted ▁to ▁abol ish ▁the ▁tradition ▁that ▁new ▁ideas ▁discussed ▁at ▁the ▁meet ings ▁were ▁cred ited ▁to ▁the ▁group ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁not ▁the ▁original ▁contrib utor ▁of ▁the ▁idea . ▁Fre ud ▁proposed ▁that ▁each ▁member ▁should ▁have ▁a ▁choice , ▁to ▁have ▁his ▁comments ▁regarded ▁as ▁his ▁own ▁intellectual ▁property , ▁or ▁to ▁put ▁them ▁in ▁the ▁public ▁domain . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁resolve ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁disput es , ▁Fre ud ▁officially ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁inform al ▁group ▁and ▁formed ▁a ▁new ▁group ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁Vienna ▁Ps y cho anal yt ic ▁Society . ▁On ▁the ▁suggestion ▁of ▁Alfred ▁Ad ler , ▁the ▁election ▁of ▁new ▁members ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁secret ▁ball ot ▁rather ▁than ▁Fre ud ' s ▁inv itation . ▁Although ▁the ▁structure ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁became ▁more ▁dem ocr atic , ▁the