Psychoanalysts, Psychotherapists and Humanistic Pioneers

he founded the Berliner Society of Psychoanalysis in 1910

more humane psychological approach

Edith Jacobson (German: Edith Jacobssohn; September 10, 1897, December 8, 1978) was a German psychoanalyst.

was a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States

founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy

The German physician and psychoanalyst Alexander Mitscherlich

was a German-American psychoanalyst and a pioneer in the scholarly field of psychogeography

The case of Félida X is one of the earliest documented descriptions of what would later be called a multiple personality disorder.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (born Elisabeth Kübler, Swiss Standard German: [ˈkyːblər]; July 8, 1926, August 24, 2004) was a Swiss and American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, author, and developer of the five stages of grief, also known as the "Kübler-Ross model".

Joseph Wolpe (20 April 1915 in Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 December 1997 in Los Angeles) was a South African psychiatrist and one of the most influential figures in behavior therapy.

She created dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), an evidence-based psychotherapy that combines cognitive restructuring with acceptance, mindfulness, and shaping.

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856-23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies arising from conflicts in the psyche through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.

Stanislav Grof (born July 1, 1931) is a Czech-born American psychiatrist. Grof is one of the principal developers of transpersonal psychology and research into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of psychological healing, deep self-exploration, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche.

Frederik Willem Zeylmans van Emmichoven (November 23, 1893, November 18, 1961) was a Dutch psychiatrist and anthroposophist. From 1923 until his death in 1961 he was chairman of the Dutch Anthroposophical Society.