Dear colleagues,

Please be invited to a seminar focussed on the clinical case of Rat Man as discussed by Sigmund Freud. The seminar will be hosted by Mimoza Dimitrova.

The purpose of the seminar is to be introducing us to the psychoanalytical clinic at the site of its’ inception. The seminar consists of two parts/topics.

First topic: Presentation of the case and the case diary. Ritualization and repetition. What is the symptom in obsessional neurosis?
Second topic: The technique of psychoanalysis – the invention of the fundamental rule; the question of love in the transference; the outline of the transference space.

The seminar will be held on ZOOM. An access link will be sent to the participants after their registration.

Please be noted, that the final deadline for registration is one month in advance of the date of the event.

Readings:
Freud, S., Rat Man. Notes upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis (1909)
Freud, S., Recommendations to the Physicians Practising Psychoanalysis (1912)
Freud, S., Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices (1907) Freud, S., The Disposition to Obsessional Neurosis: A Contribution to the Problem of Choice of Neurosis (1913)
L’home aux rats, Journal of Analysis, P., 1984
Lacan, J.,  Seminar 4, Seminar 5, Seminar 6