Freud: Characterization of his Theories and Practice
Breuer, after seeing Anna for her mysterious hallucinations, elusive paralysis, and overall "hysteria," realized that in the evenings Anna would fall into a "quiet trance," mumbling words to herself (p. 27). When Breuer repeated the words she uttered back to her, Anna would divulge the imagery and content of her hallucinations. When she emerged from that trance state, she would feel better. Breuer noted also that when Anna did not describe the hallucinations in this manner that she would experience "extreme anxiety" for the rest of the night (p. 28). Anna dubbed this method the "talking cure," and the talking cure would become the basis for Breuer's cathartic method.Yet although the talking cure helped Anna feel better, she continued to exhibit new symptoms such as hydrophobia. One evening during a trance state, Anna recalled an event that occurred in her past, a specific memory that had first triggered her hydrophobia. It was the reco
Freud therefore viewed Charcot's abandonment of Anna as initially wise but later, felt that Charcot was ignoring a primary symptom, something that could help release Anna's symptoms. Freud then devoted attention to the resistance underlying Anna's continued exhibition of new symptoms and believed that those symptoms would all be traced back to an initial traumatic memory. Moreover, the traumatic memory or memories were "pathogenic," continue to motivate unconscious behavior, and lead to an "active repressing mechanism," (p. 34). Unless the initial memory becomes conscious, the person continues to demonstrate symptoms. If, however, the initial memory is recovered and relieved, then the symptoms can dissipate. Freud began using the free association technique to encourage patients to trace their initial traumatic memories, rather than using hypnotism. Thus, Charcot initially humanized the treatment of neuroses but Freud took Charcot's tec
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