Karen Horney
Psycholigist
Date Of Birth & Death
Born September 16, 1885
Died December 4,1952
Background
~ Before married her last name was Danielson
~College- Humboldt University of Berlin, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, and the univeristy of Gottingen.
~Studied the male bias in frueds psychoanalytic theory and proposes a social-cultural approach
~Met her husband,Oskar Horney, in medical school; Had three daughters
~Believed that people should act as their own therapists
Contribution
Contributed to...
~Humanism
~self psychology
~psychoanalysis
~feminine psychology
~encouraged self-analysis & self help