139: Standard Edition Volume 2 Part 11: Studies on Hysteria, Part XI: Technique and Resistance: Fräulein Elisabeth von R Continued Teaser

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Abby and Patrick cover the “second phase” of Freud’s treatment of Elisabeth von R. Their focus this time is on Freud’s technique, and especially on Freud’s insistence that his patient pursue her associations no matter where they might lead. What are we to make of Freud’s apparent confidence here – is it self-confidence, confidence in the process, confidence in Elisabeth, or some combination of all three? What is the character of “resistance” in this text – who or what is doing the resistance, and what is being resisted? How does Freud’s theory of psychic injuries that become manifested in bodily symptoms relate to the practice of interpretation, and the mechanism of therapeutic action in general? Close-reading Freud’s own words in some passages of remarkable candor, Abby and Patrick address these questions and more.

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