Paula Heimann

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Paula Heimann

Paula Gertrud Heimann b. Klatzko (born February 2, 1899 in Danzig , † October 22, 1982 in London ) was a German-British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst . She became known primarily for establishing the element of countertransference as an important part of psychoanalytic treatment technique .

Life and activity

live in Germany

Heimann came from a Russian-Jewish family. She was the youngest of three children.

After attending school, she studied medicine in Königsberg , Berlin and Frankfurt / Main . She passed the state examination in Breslau . There she met her future husband, the physician Franz Heimann . Together they went to Heidelberg in 1924, where they stayed until 1927. During these years Heimann trained as a psychiatrist . In 1925 she submitted her dissertation on a topic in the field of paralysis .

In 1927 Heimann moved with her family to Berlin, where she first worked in the neurological department of the Hufeland Hospital and then in the Psychiatric Clinic of the Charité (Cassirer's Neurological Polyclinic). She also completed her specialist neurological training at the latter facility. In 1929 she began her psychoanalytic training with Theodor Reik at the Berlin Institute. Together with her husband she was a member of the International Society of Doctors Against War. Since 1932 she was also a member of the Berlin Society.

emigration

In 1933 Paula Heimann's husband had to leave Germany because of his political views. He emigrated to Switzerland , but Paula Heimann and her daughter were not allowed to follow. Therefore, mother and daughter emigrated to London .

In 1934 she became Melanie Klein's secretary , began an analysis with her in 1935 and became her close confidante. She passed her medical state examination in Edinburgh in 1938 . In the same year she was awarded the lecture on the problem of a contribution sublimation in the British Psychoanalytic Society ( British Psychoanalytical Society added). Heimann's contribution On counter-transference at the Psychoanalytical Congress in Zurich in 1949 led to a break with the Klein group, as it represented a conception of the meaning of countertransference that differed from Kleinian . Melanie Klein saw in it only a disruption of the analytical process. For Paula Heimann, on the other hand, the analyst's emotional reaction to his patient was an important tool for researching the patient's unconscious . Then she turned to the group of the “Independent” and in 1958/59 became the analyst of Margarete Mitscherlich . Alexander Mitscherlich was one of her training analysts .

family

From her marriage to Franz Heimann, Paula Heimann had a daughter, Mirza (* 1925).

Works

  • On countertransference . In: International Journal of Psychoanalysis . Vol. 31, 1950, pp. 81-84.
  • About Children and Children-No-Longer , HG: Margaret Tonnesmann, Vol 10. In: The New Library of Psychoanalysis , Published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) 1990, ISBN 0-415-04119-8
  • Notes on sublimation . In: Psychology of the ego . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1974

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paula Heimann: On countertransference. In: International Journal of Psychoanalysis . Vol. 31, 1950, pp. 81-84.
  2. ↑ Rayner, Eric, The British Independents: A Brief History , British Psychoanalytical Society, 2000 in: Archived copy ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.psychoanalysis.org.uk

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personal data
SURNAME Heimann, Paula
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klatzko, Paula (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1982
Place of death London