On being Freud’s Patient in 1921: Fragments from a Diary

by | Vol 30 (2) 2012

This article reports on a unique document which remained unpublished until 2009: the diary of a patient who was in analysis with Freud in 1921. Six fragments are presented and conclusions are drawn on how Freud worked with patients during that period, with particular reference to transference.

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