ABSTRACT
By 1921 Joan had recovered enough confidence to decide to have a proper analysis with Freud. In February 1922 Freud had a vacancy, and the analysis lasted six months. The chapter describes Freud’s discovery that Joan could not tolerate improvements. It also shows how a friendship grew up between Freud and Riviere. Freud wanted to give Joan a position of responsibility. He overcame Ernest Jones’ opposition to make Joan the translations editor of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. The chapter describes in detail the 1922 Psychoanalytic Congress, and it demonstrates the complex relationship that existed between analysts and their patients. Two of Joan’s analytic siblings, James and Alix Strachey, would become Joan’s friends and rivals for the rest of her life. There is also a discussion of Joan’s anti-Semitism.
