New York Psychoanalytic Society
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The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute — founded in 1911 by Dr. Abraham A. Brill
— is the oldest psychoanalytic
organization in the United States.
The charter members were: Louis Edward Bisch, Brill, Horace Westlake Frink, Frederick James Farnell, William C. Garvin, August Hoch, Morris J. Karpas, George H. Kirby, Clarence P. Oberndorf, Bronislaw Onuf, Ernest Marsh Poate, Charles Ricksher, Jacob Rosenbloom, Edward Wheeler Scripture and Samuel A. Tannenbaum
.
The institute was a professional home to some of the leaders in psychoanalytic education and treatment, such as Margaret Mahler
, Ernst Kris
, Kurt Eissler, Heinz Hartmann
, Abram Kardiner, Rudolph Loewenstein
, Charles Brenner, and Otto Kernberg.
Abraham Brill
Abraham Arden Brill was an Austrian psychiatrist. He was born in Austria, and graduated from New York University, in 1901, M.D. Columbia University, 1903. He had arrived in the United States alone at the age of 13.After studies with C. G...
— is the oldest psychoanalytic
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
organization in the United States.
The charter members were: Louis Edward Bisch, Brill, Horace Westlake Frink, Frederick James Farnell, William C. Garvin, August Hoch, Morris J. Karpas, George H. Kirby, Clarence P. Oberndorf, Bronislaw Onuf, Ernest Marsh Poate, Charles Ricksher, Jacob Rosenbloom, Edward Wheeler Scripture and Samuel A. Tannenbaum
Samuel A. Tannenbaum
Samuel Aaron Tannenbaum was a prolific early-20th-century literary scholar, bibliographer, and palaeographer, best known for his work on William Shakespeare and his contemporaries....
.
The institute was a professional home to some of the leaders in psychoanalytic education and treatment, such as Margaret Mahler
Margaret Mahler
Margaret Schönberger Mahler was a Hungarian physician, who later became interested in psychiatry. She was a central figure on the world stage of psychoanalysis...
, Ernst Kris
Ernst Kris
Ernst Kris was an Austrian psychoanalyst and art historian. Kris was the son of Leopold Kris, a lawyer, and Rosa Schick.Born in Vienna, Austria in 1900, died in New York City, New York in 1957....
, Kurt Eissler, Heinz Hartmann
Heinz Hartmann
Heinz Hartmann , was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He is considered one of the founders and principal representantives of ego psychology.-Life:...
, Abram Kardiner, Rudolph Loewenstein
Rudolph Loewenstein (psychoanalyst)
Rudolph Maurice Loewenstein was a Polish-French-American psychoanalyst.-Biography:...
, Charles Brenner, and Otto Kernberg.