Guide to in-print Otto Rank publications Some Rank books out of copyright are being reprinted. Described as new, they have been superseded by better editions. Myth of the Birth of the Hero appeared in German in 1909–he was only 25–English in 1914. The 2nd edition, almost twice as large, appeared in German in 1922, English in 2004–the [...]
Psychotheological Integration in the 1950s The Journal of Psychotherapy as a Religious Process 1 by Hendrika Vande Kemp Psychotherapy as a Religious Process 1 1Portions of this chapter were presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association in Los Angeles, CA, August 1985, the American Academy of Religion, Anaheim, CA, November 1985, and the [...]
Tommy Schmitz, who I met on the Ernest Becker Foundation list, recorded and edited 11 interviews with me about Rank. The result is here. He elicited relevant matters long dormant, for which I am grateful. While Rank never did couples therapy, his concern with the here-and-now and with ethical aspects of all human interaction has [...]
Internacia Kongresa Universitato: 71a UEA Kongreso, 1986 [Nove red.2012] Pekino/Beijing ĉinio/China PSIKOTERAPIO: EVOLUO DEPOST SIGMUND FREUD E. James Lieberman, M.D. En la jaro 1906, Profesoro Doktoro Sigmund Freŭd (1856-1939), la fondinto de la psikanalizo, dungis junan maŝiniston, Otto Rank (1884-1939), kiel sekretario de la embria Psikanaliza Societo de Vieno. Freŭd, 50-jara kuracisto kiu specialiĝis en [...]
The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Otto Rank: Inside Psychoanalysis E. James Lieberman and Robert Kramer,. eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, January 2012 Link to description Highly recommended by several reviewers, including Choice online, for advanced undergraduates, faculty, professionals and general readers. To order: 800-537-5487 Mention code NAF for 25% discount.
To say that one is a Rankian therapist may be presumptuous. Otto Rank was not interested in founding a school or a method He taught, wrote, and did therapy–a lot in all three areas. His students and allies were called “Rankian.” When invited to a reading and discussion group of therapists (in 1976) trained by [...]
WHY OEDIPUS REALLY LOVED HIS FATHER E. James Lieberman Since Sigmund Freud’s time, the extent to which little boys hate their fathers has been greatly exaggerated. The founder of psychoanalysis introduced the Oedipus complex in 1910, based on an ingenious though strained interpretation of the Sophocles drama. Freud believed that a strong–largely unconscious–hostility toward the [...]
THE BIRTH OF CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY: CARL ROGERS, OTTO RANK, AND ”THE BEYOND” ROBERT KRAMER taught executive leadership at American University, now teaches at the Washington DC branch of the Chicago School of Psychology (robertkramer at thechicagoschool.edu). He is an internationally recognized authority on action learning and consults on leadership development to organizations worldwide. He is [...]
The Evolution of Psychotherapy Since Freud by E. James Lieberman, M.D. In 1906, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), neurologist and first psychoanalyst, hired a young locksmith, Otto Rank (1884-1939), as secretary of the Wednesday Psychological Society–the future Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. Freud, then 50, became a second father to the brilliant, self-taught, working-class youth of who was alienated [...]
The Sexual Century E. James Lieberman The sexual century began with Sigmund Freud’s theories in Vienna. It ended, after a fashion, with U.S. President Bill Clinton overextending a form of sexual freedom in the oval office of the White House. In the intervening 98 years the automobile, co-ed schools, modern contraception, lifting of censorship, media [...]