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 [...]
Homer: Psychological Contributions to the Genesis of the National Epic by Otto Rank. Imago V, 1917. Translation by Gregory Richter of the opening pages. What shall live immortally in song Must perish in life. –F. Schiller, “The [...]
Translators’ note This essay, until now untranslated, dates from the middle of Rank’s 20 year association with Freud, and between the two editions of Myth of the Birth of the Hero. It shows the psychoanalytic virtuosity for which Rank was known during the early years of the movement. Based on the traditional Freudian construct of [...]
Welcome to OttoRank.com [For Latest posts and comments, check Blog] Once the favorite son of Sigmund Freud, Otto Rank later became one of his mentor’s sharpest critics. From 1906-1926, the formative years of the psychoanalytic movement, Rank was Freud’s closest disciple and colleague, starting as Secretary of the fledgling Vienna Psychoanalytic Society at age 21. [...]
About Otto Rank Rank (Rosenfeld) Otto (1884-1939), psychologist and psychoanalyst, first Secretary of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, member of Freud’s Committee, or “Ring” of 7 and his closest associate (1906-1925). Honorary member, American Psychoanalytic Association (1924-130). Lecturer: Sorbonne, Pennsylvania School of Social Work, etc. He was born in Vienna, Austria, son of Simon Rosenfeld, an [...]