Freud and the Dora Case

Cesare Romano revisits Dora''s clinical case in light of Freud''s own seduction theory. His central thesis is that Freud failed to follow through with his initial proposition of confirming his theories on the traumatic aetiology of hysteria. He also suggests a new dating for the duration of Dora''s therapy, placing the beginning of the analysis within the context of Freud''s concurrent and recent ...