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Before beginning her analysis with me, the reasons that Mrs T. gave to explain her request for psychic help included her experiencing a pervasive discomfort, periodic anxiety and concerns about her then current personal life, mainly in terms of her emotional and sexual relationship with her husband, a sense of emotional detachment from those around her and a deep emotional insecurity about the future, all of which she felt to be ungratifying.
Married and the mother of two children, she worked in her husband's family business. She was an only child. After graduating high school, she had a brief sexual relationship with her future husband, much older than her, and fell pregnant. They decided to keep the child and get married. This led to her abandoning her studies.
For a long time, she lived under the same roof as her mother-in-law (her husband's father had died when the former was very young). During the therapy, she will demand of her husband that they live separately from his mother, an event which comes to pass despite his many objections. At the same time, she will seek her own financial independence, by opening a shop.
In general, very broad terms, it could be said that psychoanalysis will initially