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Helen Singer Kaplan

Who

Helen Singer Kaplan · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Psychiatrist and pioneer of modern sex therapy

When

1929, Vienna, Austria — 1995, New York City, United States

Where

Austria · United States

Biography

Helen Singer Kaplan is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychiatrist and pioneer of modern sex therapy

How & why

Helen Singer Kaplan was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychologist who pioneered modern sex therapy, founding the first sexual disorders clinic at a US medical school (at Cornell/New York Hospital). Her triphasic model of sexual response (desire, arousal, orgasm) and her integration of behavioral and psychodynamic methods reshaped clinical treatment of sexual dysfunction. She was born into a Jewish family and fled Nazi Europe as a child.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology

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Psychiatrist and pioneer of modern sex therapy

1929

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology