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Family romance, family secrets

by Elizabeth Lunbeck

Case studiesHistoryNotebooks, sketchbooksPsychoanalysisPsychoanalysis, case studiesPsychoanalytic TherapyPSYCHOLOGYMovements

A portrait of psychoanalytic practice in the second decade of the 20th century. It presents an early psychoanalyst's session-by-session notes on a case of hysteria caused by severe sexual trauma and incest. Accompanying these notes are commentaries that situate the case historically.

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Book data: Open Library