ABSTRACT
Regression, as a theoretical and clinical concept, was involved in the founding of psychoanalysis. In 1954, The West German government issued a postage stamp in honor of her contributions to the field of social work. She became a patient of Josef Breuer in November 1880, referred by a friend of the Pappenheim family. The stages in Papenheim's treatment are of most interest in the present discussion because it involved forms of regression. The therapy with Pappenheim was laborious for Breuer and he became intensely anxious. He seemed to be unaware of a possible erotic reaction in the relationship. The plausible sexual feelings that were present in the Breuer/Pappenheim relationship were also present in Freud's early hypnotic cases. Stewart described a clinical case where he used a new view of therapeutic regression. Severn was able to create new images in her trance state so that she could reduce her anxiety and examine her functioning.
