4/5. "Dora" was one of Freud's great case histories. She was 18 when she was taken by her father to Freud for analysis. Freud thought he could cure her hysterical symptoms by unlocking her repressed sexual feelings but Dora fled before treatment was over. Why did she leave and what did Freud learn from this apparent failure?
Lisa Appignanesi talks to Susie Orbach to find out why Dora would lead to the invention of one of psychoanalysis's most important tools. For details see Monday