{"product_id":"the-secret-mind-of-bertha-pappenheim-9781541774643","title":"The Secret Mind of Bertha Pappenheim","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of a patient who changed the world, and the mystery of her illness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1880, young Bertha Pappenheim got strangely ill—she lost her ability to control her voice and her body. She was treated by Sigmund Freud’s mentor, Josef Breuer, who diagnosed her with “hysteria.” Together, Pappenheim and Breuer developed what she called “the talking cure”—talking out memories to eliminate symptoms. Freud renamed her “Anna O” and appropriated her ideas to form the theory of psychoanalysis. All his life, he told lies about her. For over a century, writers have argued about her illness and cure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this unusual work of science, history, and psychology, Brownstein does more than describe the controversies surrounding this extraordinary woman. He brings Pappenheim to life—a brilliant feminist thinker, a crusader against human trafficking, and a pioneer—in the hustling and heady world of nineteenth-ce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49410090434903,"sku":"9781541774643","price":25.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781541774643.jpg?v=1730508930","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-secret-mind-of-bertha-pappenheim-9781541774643","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}