Hermine hug hellmuth biography samples

Austrian psychoanalyst (1871–1924)

Hermine Hug-Hellmuth (born Hermine Hug Edle von Hugenstein; 31 August 1871, Vienna – 9 September 1924, Vienna) was an Austrianpsychoanalyst.

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She is regarded as the first psychoanalyst practicing with children and the first to conceptualize the technique of psychoanalysing children.^[1]

Her book, A Young Girl's Diary (1921), published in New York by Thomas Seltzer, was prefaced with an endorsement from Sigmund Freud dated 27 April 1915.^[1][2] Hug-Hellmuth denied authorship, however, and published the diary under the pseudonym Grete Lainer.

In 1923 Hug-Hellmuth ultimately accepted title of editor for the diary in the third German edition.^[3][4] Written from a psychoanalyst perspective, the work which included Freudian theories to explain phenomena.^[5] It was praised within the field of psychoanalysis.

It is one of the most cited contributions to child psychoa