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- Bertha Pappenheim, always presented under the name of "Anna O." as the original patient of psychoanalysis, was actually never treated by Freud himself but by his friend and mentor Josef Breuer.
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Jan 24, 2024 · It’s important to note that Freud never actually treated Anna O. himself, but her case greatly influenced his work and the development of his theories. Freud believed that her symptoms were the result of repressed memories and traumas, a theory that formed the basis of psychoanalysis.
Jan 29, 2012 · Bertha Pappenheim, always presented under the name of "Anna O." as the original patient of psychoanalysis, was actually never treated by Freud himself but by his friend and mentor Josef...
Bertha Pappenheim (27 February 1859 – 28 May 1936) was an Austrian-Jewish feminist, a social pioneer, and the founder of the Jewish Women's Association (Jüdischer Frauenbund). Under the pseudonym Anna O., she was also one of Josef Breuer's best-documented patients because of Sigmund Freud's writing on Breuer's case.
1 day ago · Still, Freud’s own work casts only a few glances at Bertha Pappenheim’s story, which your book really gives a chance to breathe. For those who haven’t encountered her before, Pappenheim was a patient of Freud’s colleague Josef Breuer whom he diagnosed and treated for hysteria in the early 1890s.
Apr 17, 2024 · The classical Freudian explanation of Bertha Pappenheim’s symptoms is that she was acting out the pain in her mind—that’s the theory of hysterical conversion, or conversion disorder. “Hysterical symptoms,” wrote Freud in 1905, “are the expression of [the patients’] most secret and repressed wishes.”.
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Sep 13, 2023 · While Freud never actually met Pappenheim, her story fascinated him and served as the basis for Studies on Hysteria (1895), a book co-written by Breuer and Freud. Breuer’s description of her treatment led Freud to conclude that hysteria was rooted in childhood sexual abuse.
Apr 16, 2024 · In 1880, young Bertha Pappenheim got strangely ill—she lost her ability to control her voice and her body. She was treated by Sigmund Freud’s mentor, Josef Breuer, who diagnosed her with “hysteria.”
