Harriet Lerner

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Harriet Goldhor Lerner (born November 30, 1944 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American psychologist , psychotherapist and feminist .

Life

Harriet Goldhor Lerner grew up as the second daughter of Archie and Rose Goldhor, both Russian-Jewish immigrants , in Brooklyn. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from the City University of New York in 1972 and then completed a two-year postgraduate training in family therapy at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka . She has published scientific articles and twelve psychological books for a general audience, in which she combines family therapy with feminist approaches. Her 1985 book The Dance of Anger was a bestseller. She is married and has two sons, the younger of whom is the writer Ben Lerner .

Fonts (selection)

Books (German translation)

  • What to do with my anger New relationship patterns for women . Kreuz-Verlag, Zürch 1987, ISBN 3-268-00040-1 (original title: Dance of Anger ) .
  • What women keep silent: Why we have to deceive, hypocritical, and lie . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-596-12030-6 . (Original title: The dance of deception ).
  • Tender pace. How women change their relationships without destroying them . Kreuz-Verlag, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-268-00094-0 (original title: The dance of intimacy ).
  • The misinterpreted gender. False images of femininity in psychoanalysis and therapy . Kreuz-Verlag, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-268-00115-7 (original title: Women in therapy ).
  • The dance around the child. How motherhood changes our lives . Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-596-15430-8 (original title: The mother dance ).
  • Fear, fear and shame. About the liberating handling of difficult feelings . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 3-579-06518-1 (Original title: Fear and other uninvited guests ).
  • Relationship rules. The ultimate tips for anyone tired of partnership crises . Kailash Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-424-63052-7 (original title: Marriage rules ).

items

  • The hysterical personality: A "woman's disease". In: Comprehensive Psychiatry. Volume 15, Issue 2, March-April 1974, pp. 157-164. doi: 10.1016 / 0010-440X (74) 90032-7
  • Parental mislabeling of female genitals as a determinant of penis envy and learning inhibitions in women. In: Harriet E. Lerner, Harold P. Blum (Eds.): Female psychology: Contemporary psychoanalytic views. International Universities Press, Oxford 1977, pp. 269-283.
  • Internal prohibitions against female anger. In: The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. Volume 40, Issue 2, June 1980, pp. 137-148. doi: 10.1007 / BF01254806
  • Female dependency in context: Some theoretical and technical considerations. In: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Vol 53 (4), October 1983, pp. 697-705. doi: 10.1111 / j.1939-0025.1983.tb03412.x

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lerner, Harriet Goldhor. In: WorldCat Identities. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Andrea Joy Cohen: A Blessing in Disguise. 39 Life Lessons from Today's Greatest Teachers , Berkeley Books, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-425-21966-9 , p. 274.
  3. ↑ Harriet Lerner Ph.D. In: Psychology Today . Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Harriet Lerner: A Feminist Voice From the Wheat Fields . In: Journal Women & Therapy, Radical Visionaries: Feminist Therapy Pioneers 1970-1975 . tape 40 , no. 3-4 , March 7, 2017, ISSN  0270-3149 , p. 396-405 , doi : 10.1080 / 02703149.2017.1241580 .
personal data
SURNAME Lerner, Harriet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lerner, Harriet Goldhor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York City