ABSTRACT

Like Breuer’s collaboration with Anna O, Freud’s collaboration with Frau Emmy von N (1893) portrays a textured fabric of interpersonal relatedness. Yet, differing from the unspoken, loving accommodation of Breuer and Anna, unattended in the collaboration between Freud and Emmy are the competitive interests of its heavyweight participants. The treatment pivots upon hostile resistance to emergence, both psychic and within the therapeutic dyad.