DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF PSYCHOANALYSIS

UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

Analysis of a Doll Phobia

“Analysis of a Doll Phobia” was published in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis 1952; 33 (1): 43-53.  This essay won the 1951 International Clinical Essay Prize from the British Institute for Psychoanalysis.  Rangell describes the treatment of a 38-year-old man who was provoked to anxiety by any kind of doll, puppet, or figurine.  By the end of […]