Otto Rank

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Otto Rank was an Austrian psychoanalyst and close collaborator of Sigmund Freud who became known for his innovative theories on creativity, the will, and the psychological impact of birth trauma.

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instanceOf person
psychoanalyst
theorist of creativity
writer
academicDegree PhD in philosophy
associatedWith American psychoanalytic community
Sigmund Freud
Sándor Ferenczi
Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
causeOfDeath kidney infection
countryOfCitizenship Austria
dateOfBirth 1884-04-22
dateOfDeath 1939-10-31
doctoralAdvisor Sigmund Freud
doctoralThesis Der Künstler (The Artist)
educatedAt University of Vienna
employedBy Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
private practice in New York City
private practice in Paris
psychoanalytic clinics in Vienna
fieldOfWork philosophy of creativity
psychoanalysis
psychology
psychotherapy
fullName Otto Rosenfeld
hasOccupation author
lecturer
psychoanalyst
psychotherapist
influenced Carl Rogers
Rollo May
existential psychotherapy
humanistic psychology
short-term psychotherapy approaches
influencedBy Arthur Schopenhauer
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sigmund Freud
Søren Kierkegaard
knownAs Otto Rank
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
memberOf Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
movement early psychoanalysis
humanistic psychology (as precursor)
psychoanalytic movement
notableFor contributions to early psychoanalytic theory
development of will therapy
innovative theories on creativity
theory of birth trauma
theory of the will
notableIdea artist as a separate type of personality
birth trauma theory
creative will
here-and-now psychotherapy emphasis
short-term psychotherapy focus
the psychology of the will
the trauma of birth
will therapy
notableWork Art and Artist
The Double
The Trauma of Birth
Truth and Reality
Will Therapy
placeOfBirth Vienna
surface form: Vienna, Austria-Hungary
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, United States
placeOfResidence Berlin
New York City
Paris
Vienna
positionHeld editor of the Internationale Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse
Otto Rank self-linksurface differs
surface form: secretary of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
religion Jewish background

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Carl Rogers influencedBy Otto Rank
Otto Rank knownAs Otto Rank
Sigmund Freud notableStudent Otto Rank
Otto Rank positionHeld Otto Rank self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: secretary of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society