The Secret Mind of Bertha Pappenheim: The Woman Who Invented Freud's Talking Cure

by Gabriel Brownstein

The story of a patient who changed the world, and the mystery of her illness.

In 1880, young Bertha Pappenheim got strangely ill--she lost her ability to control her voice and her body. She was treated by Sigmund Freud's mentor, Josef Breuer, who diagnosed her with "hysteria." Together, Pappenheim and Breuer developed what she called "the talking cure"--talking out memories to eliminate symptoms. Freud renamed her "Anna O" and appropriated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541774647
• ISBN13: 9781541774643
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"