Ludwig-Körner, Christiane,

The women of Anna Freud's war nurseries : their life and work / Christiane Ludwig-Körner. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024. - 1 online resource

"First published in English 2024."

Introduction: From the Edith Jackson nursery to the war nurseries -- Female staff in the war nurseries -- Anna Freud : interweaving life, work and research.

"In this volume, Christiane Ludwig-Körner describes the lives and work of the staff members of the War Nurseries set up and run by Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham during the Second World War. The Women of Anna Freud's War Nurseries looks in turn at each of the women who helped run the homes in Hampstead: Alice Goldberger, Sophie and Gertrud Dann, Manna Friedmann, Anneliese Schnurmann, Ilse Hellman and Hansi Kennedy. As young women, they narrowly escaped the Holocaust and dedicated themselves to children who had suffered the same fate. Few arrived with any knowledge of psychoanalytic theories or methods; this volume charts their education from Freud and Burlingham, which eventually lead to both Freud's independent psychoanalytic child therapy training and the young women's embarkment on careers as professional analysts. Using case studies throughout, Ludwig-Körner illustrates the intense relationships often experienced between children in care and their analysts/caregivers, and uses the children of the War Nurseries as examples for how contemporary psychoanalysts can work with children today. This book is essential reading for psychoanalysts, especially those working with children, as well as scholars and professionals interested in the history of child analysts and childhood trauma"--

9781003403906 1003403905 9781003847915 1003847919 9781003847991 1003847994

10.4324/9781003403906 doi


Freud, Anna, 1895-1982.


Hampstead Nurseries--Biography.


Child psychoanalysts--20th century--Biography.
Women psychoanalysts--Great Britain--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Great Britain.
Jewish refugees--Great Britain--Biography.
Holocaust survivors--Great Britain--Biography.
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Psychoanalysis
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Child & Adolescent
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Scientists & Psychologists

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