Frieda Fromm-Reichmann
Frieda Fromm-Reichmann · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychoanalyst known for intensive psychotherapy of psychosis
1889, Karlsruhe, Germany — 1957, Rockville, Maryland, United States
Germany · United States
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Fromm-Reichmann was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who pioneered intensive, relationship-based psychotherapy for patients with severe psychosis and schizophrenia, insisting they could be reached through empathic dialogue. Her work at Chestnut Lodge inspired the memoir 'I Never Promised You a Rose Garden.' Born into a Jewish family, she fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s and continued her work in the United States.
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Psychoanalyst known for intensive psychotherapy of psychosis
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