Cesare Romano is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He has worked for the Veneto Region National Health Service, in the Department of Mental Health, and as Honorary Judge in the Tribunal of Minors in Venice. He has published several articles on the history of psychiatry and of psychoanalysis in Italian journals (Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria, Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane, Quaderni di Psicoterapia Infantile, Il Vaso di Pandora, Medicina delle Tossicodipendenze). He currently lives in Piove di Sacco (Padua), where he holds his own private practice as psychotherapist.
Cesare Romano revisits Dora’s clinical case in light of Freud’s own seduction theory. His central thesis is that Freud failed to follow through with his initial proposition of confirming his theories... (more)