Freud's Early Psychoanalysis, Witch Trials and the Inquisitorial Method: The Harsh Therapy

ISBN-13: 9780367369255 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 171 str.

Kathleen Duffy

Opis

Kathleen Duffy asks why Freud compared his ‘hysterical’ patients to the accused women in the ‘witch’ trials, and his ‘psychoanalytical’ treatment to the inquisitorial method of their judges. This book proves that Freud’s view of his method as inquisitorial was both serious and accurate.

O autorze

Kathleen Duffy graduated with a PhD from Regent’s University, School of Psychotherapy and Psychology, London, and until her retirement, was a consultant psychotherapist and was training and supervising junior psychiatrists within the Mental Health Services in Ireland. Her first career was as a head teacher in Ireland.