Family romance, family secrets : case notes from an American psychoanalysis, 1912

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Family romance, family secrets : case notes from an American psychoanalysis, 1912

Elizabeth Lunbeck and Bennett Simon

Yale University Press, c2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-322) and index

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This fascinating book, which presents an early psychoanalyst's session-by-session notes on a case of hysteria caused by severe sexual trauma and incest, offers a vivid portrait of psychoanalytic practice in the second decade of the twentieth century. Accompanying these notes are insightful commentaries by Elizabeth Lunbeck and Bennett Simon that situate the case historically and throw light on the many difficulties that both analyst and patient encountered in the treatment. The book will be of great interest to students of the history of psychoanalysis and other psychological therapies, to those interested in the history of women and gender, and to clinicians struggling with the treatment of severely traumatized patients today.

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