Helene Deutsch

Historical Antecedents• Freud, Wagner-Jauregg

• Lieberman

• World War I

• adapted from (Roazen, 1992)

Personal Struggles that Influenced Professional Life

• Female1

• Familial Relationships2,3

• Education and Profession3

• Personal Life3

1See Webster (1985)2See Sayers (1991)3See Roazen (1992)

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Clinical Data & Research• Case Histories

• Empirical Data

• Sources from Literature and History

• Freudian Concepts

Strengths & Weaknesses• Realistic view of women

• Theories based on personal experience

Influence• Women Therapists

• Women’s Psychology

• Freud’s Contemporary

• “As If” Personality

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