|
|
Article: Eissler-Selke, Ruth (1906-1989)
- Article from:
- International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Thomson Gale. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
EISSLER-SELKE, RUTH (1906-1989)
A physician and psychoanalyst, Ruth Eissler-Selke was born February 21, 1906, in Odessa and died October 7, 1989, in New York. She was born into a Jewish family, her father being the director of a German bank and then a grain exporter. After moving several times and attending schools in Odessa, Hamburg, and Danzig, Eissler-Selke completed her studies in 1925 in Freiburg-im-Briesgau. She studied medicine at the University of Freiburg, graduating in 1930. She specialized in psychiatry and, following graduation, practiced in Heidelberg and Stuttgart. Her dissertation, which she defended at the University of Heidelberg in 1932, was entitled "Medical Histories ...