Heinz Kohut | |
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Born | May 3, 1913 Vienna, Austria |
Died | October 8, 1981 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 68)
Occupation | Psychoanalyst |
Known for | Self psychology |
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Heinz Kohut (May 3, 1913 – October 8, 1981) was a Jewish Austrian-born American psychoanalyst best known for his development of self psychology, an influential school of thought within psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory which helped transform the modern practice of analytic and dynamic treatment approaches.