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Philosophy of Psychotherapy

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[New Entry by Megan Delehanty and Anya Plutynski on July 2, 2026.]
In 1895, Josef Breuer and Sigmund Freud published Studien Uber Hysterie (Studies on Hysteria), a series of case studies describing a new method of treatment for patients suffering from various psychological and somatic symptoms (Breuer and Freud 1895). One of the subjects, Breuer's patient "Anna O." (Bertha Pappenheim), characterized this method as the "talking cure." Today, "psychotherapy" is the preferred term for a wide array

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