Case of Anna O

Assignment 2: Case of Anna O

One of the very first cases that caught Freud’s attention when he was  starting to develop his psychoanalytic theory was that of Anna O, a  patient of fellow psychiatrist Josef Breuer. Although Freud did not  directly treat her, he did thoroughly analyze her case as he was  fascinated by the fact that her hysteria was “cured” by Breuer. It is  her case that he believes was the beginning of the psychoanalytic  approach. 

Through your analysis of this case, you will not only look deeper  into Freud’s psychoanalytic theory but also see how Jung’s  neo-psychoanalytic theory compares and contrasts with Freud’s theory.