Hanna Wolff (psychotherapist)

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Hanna Wolff (* 1910 in Essen ; † 2001 ) was a German psychotherapist and theologian who wrote several books and provided development aid in India for over 20 years .

biography

She was born in 1910 as Hanna Dorr and first studied law and political science in Munich , Heidelberg and Berlin , then from 1931 Protestant theology in Tübingen . This was followed by a theological dissertation in Sweden (with the support of Bishop Erling Eidem ). This was followed by a time as a vicar in the Pomeranian Confessional Church in Stettin .

From 1937 she and her husband Otto Wolff got involved in development aid in India, where she served the Gossner Mission and did educational work. Both taught at a seminary and high school. In 1946 they were repatriated and Wolff worked as a religion teacher in Reutlingen for a while. But in 1951 she returned to India after a short stopover in La Paz , Bolivia .

Wolff learned depth psychology at the CG Jung Institute in Zurich ; from 1969 she was a practicing psychotherapist in Reichenbach (Waldbronn) near Karlsruhe .

Hanna and Otto Wolff have two children, the first of whom died soon after birth. Hanna Wolff died in 2001.

Her books have been translated into English, Italian, Portuguese and Hungarian, among others.

Works

  • Indian picture book on the life of Jesus. 1955.
  • Jesus the man. The figure of Jesus in depth psychological view. Radius, Stuttgart 1975, 11th edition 2002.
  • Jesus as a psychotherapist. Jesus' treatment of people as a model of modern psychotherapy. Radius, Stuttgart 1978, 10th edition 2001.
  • New wine, old bottles. The identity problem of Christianity in the light of depth psychology. Radius, Stuttgart 1981.
  • Your own way. Sensual and supernatural in dreams and reality. Radius, Stuttgart 1989; New edition Goldmann, Munich 2003.
  • The universal Jesus. The image of Jesus in the cultural-religious context of India. Radius, Stuttgart 1993.

literature

  • Werner Licharz (Ed.): You do not carry the root - the root carries you. Hanna Wolff and the question of a Christian identity (= Arnoldshainer Texte Vol. 30). Haag + Herchen, Frankfurt am Main 1985.

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personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Hanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dorr, Hanna (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychotherapist, theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH 2001