RT Journal Article
T1 La influencia de las hermanas Bernays en la vida de Freud
T2 The influence of the Bernays sisters in the life of Freud
A1 Balbuena Rivera, Francisco de Paula
AB Mucho ha sido escrito y reflexionado acerca de Sigmund Freud y el desarrollohistórico del psicoanálisis fuera y dentro de la comunidad científica. Desde estaperspectiva, como hombre, original pensador y sagaz clínico se ha debatido su rol en lahistoria del psicoanálisis, y especialmente, en la historia del saber freudiano. De formadiferente ha sucedido con quienes le acompañaron en su devenir vital, esposa, hijos yfamiliares, por citar los más cercanos, cuya vida ha quedado ensombrecida tras la sombradel gigante, del genio que nos enseñó entre otras cosas la vía regia para accederal inconsciente analizando los sueños o el funcionamiento del aparato psíquico con sumodelo de mente. De quienes le apoyaron en su vida y formaron parte de su círculofamiliar más íntimo, nos centramos en este trabajo en su esposa Martha y su cuñadaMinna. La primera, con quien se casó en 1886, dándole seis hijos y una estabilidad paratrabajar y despreocuparse de las tareas cotidianas, mientras la segunda siendo la fielconfidente de sus logros intelectuales, especulaciones teóricas y (de acuerdo a algunos)su amante. El objetivo de todo ello es ofrecer una imagen lo más fiel posible de MarthaBernays, como escudriñar la evidencia que apoya la existencia de tal liaison entre Freudy su cuñada Minna Bernays. Visibilizamos así la influencia que ambas hermanas ejercieronen el padre del psicoanálisis como hombre e investigador de la mente. El edificiopsicoanalítico, pues, más que por su creador, es aquí revisitado desde la perspectiva dedos mujeres que acompañaron a Freud en su vida y en la difícil conformación y desarrollode la matriz psicoanalítica.
AB There has been a vast amount of writing and reflection about Sigmund Freudand the development of psychoanalysis over time, from both within and beyond thescientific community. Freud has been regarded through different prisms – the man, theoriginal thinker, the sage clinician – and his role in the history of psychoanalysis, andmore particularly in the development of the Freudian approach, has been hotly debated.Less has been said about those who accompanied him throughout his life’s work, hiswife, his children and his family members, to name but the closest, whose lives werelived in the shadow of the colossus, the genius who taught us among other things howdream analysis can unlock the secrets of the unconscious and how to account for theworkings of the human psyche through his model of the mind. From among those whosupported him in his daily life and formed his innermost family circle, this study centreson his wife Martha and his sister-in-law Minna. The former, whom he married in 1886,bore him six children and provided the stability for him to work free from the demands of everyday chores, while the latter became the faithful confidante of his intellectualachievements and theoretical speculations, and [according to some] his lover. The aimis to offer as accurate as possible a portrait of Martha Bernays, and to scrutinize theevidence in support of the claim that there was a liaison between Freud and his sisterin-law Minna Bernays. We can thus gain an insight into the influence of the two sisterson the father of psychoanalysis as a man and researcher into the mind. In this respect,the edifice of psychoanalysis is revisited less from the perspective of its creator than ofthe two women who accompanied Freud throughout his life and throughout the difficultconfiguration and development of the psychoanalytic framework.
PB Asociación de Salud Mental y Psiquiatría Comunitaria
SN 1578-4940
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21229
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21229
LA spa
NO Balbuena Rivera, F.P.: "La influencia de las hermanas Bernays en la vida de Freud". Norte de Salud Mental. vol. XVIII, nº  66, págs. 101-110 (2022). ISSN 1578-4940
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 1 jun 2026