Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:1394-1403
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
Fifty years after Freud: Dora, the Rat Man, and the Wolf-Man
P Buckley
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
Three of Freud's case histories are reviewed and reexamined from the
perspective of modern psychodynamic thinking. The Dora case illuminates
advances in our understanding of adolescent psychology and
countertransference. The cases of the Rat Man and the Wolf-Man draw
attention to our increased awareness since Freud of the importance of the
therapeutic relationship and the recognition that a two-person psychology
is at work in the psychotherapeutic situation. The heuristic value of such
comprehensive case reports is emphasized.
