Freud’s Case Histories Illustrate Very Clearly Some of Freud’s Most Basic Theories, Such as His Theories of Identification, the Role of Transference, and the Way in Which the Symptom Is a Formation of the Unconscious
Essay Title: “Freud’s case histories illustrate very clearly some of Freud’s most basic theories, such as his theories of identification, the role of transference, and the way in which the symptom is a formation of the unconscious.”
“Freud’s case histories illustrate very clearly some of Freud’s most basic theories, such as his theories of identification, the role of transference, and the way in which the symptom is a formation of the unconscious.”
I have chosen the Ratman as the case history I will use to illustrate Freud’s theories. The Rat Man exposes many of Freud’s theoretical formulations as they evolved and the sessions demonstrate various examples of Freud’s techniques of the day The case study shows the features and the characteristics of obsessional neurosis and to explain Freud’s theories I will recount my understanding of how he applies techniques and uses the aforementioned topics (symptoms, identification & transference) to attempt a cure for “The Ratman”
This case history is one of a 29 year old lawyer, Ernst Lanzer who Freud treated from October 1907 for an 11 month period. Lanzer became known as the “Rat Man”. In my opinion Freud was successful in determining the cause and effect of the patient’s condition and his subsequent cure. He apparently remained symptom free until his death in 1914 in the First World War. The Rat Man presents to Freud with obsessions which had intensified over the previous four years. His main obsessions were based on fears that something might happen to a lady he admired and his father. He also had a compulsion to cut his throat. He placed himself in Freud’s hands having some knowledge of the analyst’s ideas.
In his technique, Freud was adamant from the outset that the patient adhere to free association; that is, “To say everything that came into his head, even if it was unpleasant to him, or seemed unimportant or irrelevant or senseless” (Freud 1909/2001, P. 159). The Rat Man began by talking about
“Freud’s case histories illustrate very clearly some of Freud’s most basic theories, such as his theories of identification, the role of transference, and the way in which the symptom is a formation of the unconscious.”
I have chosen the Ratman as the case history I will use to illustrate Freud’s theories. The Rat Man exposes many of Freud’s theoretical formulations as they evolved and the sessions demonstrate various examples of Freud’s techniques of the day The case study shows the features and the characteristics of obsessional neurosis and to explain Freud’s theories I will recount my understanding of how he applies techniques and uses the aforementioned topics (symptoms, identification & transference) to attempt a cure for “The Ratman”
This case history is one of a 29 year old lawyer, Ernst Lanzer who Freud treated from October 1907 for an 11 month period. Lanzer became known as the “Rat Man”. In my opinion Freud was successful in determining the cause and effect of the patient’s condition and his subsequent cure. He apparently remained symptom free until his death in 1914 in the First World War. The Rat Man presents to Freud with obsessions which had intensified over the previous four years. His main obsessions were based on fears that something might happen to a lady he admired and his father. He also had a compulsion to cut his throat. He placed himself in Freud’s hands having some knowledge of the analyst’s ideas.
In his technique, Freud was adamant from the outset that the patient adhere to free association; that is, “To say everything that came into his head, even if it was unpleasant to him, or seemed unimportant or irrelevant or senseless” (Freud 1909/2001, P. 159). The Rat Man began by talking about
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