Heinz Hartmann
Heinz Hartmann · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychoanalyst regarded as a founder of ego psychology
1894, Vienna, Austria — 1970, Stony Point, New York, USA
Austria · United States
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Heinz Hartmann was an Austrian-American psychoanalyst widely regarded as the founder of ego psychology, whose 1939 work 'Ego Psychology and the Problem of Adaptation' extended Freudian theory to the conflict-free functions of the ego and adaptation to reality. He was Jewish and fled Nazi-occupied Europe, settling in the United States, where he became a leading figure in American psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalyst regarded as a founder of ego psychology
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