Notable Psychology & Psychiatrists Posters “R...-”
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Notable psychologists and psychiatrists ~

Otto Rank, née Rosenfeld
b. 4-22-1884; Vienna
d. 10-31-1939; NYC

Psychoanalyst Otto Rank, considered one of the pioneers of humanistic psychology, existential psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy and transpersonal psychology, was part of Sigmund Freud's inner circle between 1905 and 1926.

FYI - Author Anaïs Nin studied with Otto Rank, and he influenced Rollo May.

Otto Rank quotes ~
• “The new meaning of soul is creativity and mysticism. These will become the foundation of the new psychological type and with him or her will come the new civilization.”
• “Art is life's dream interpretation.”
• “Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.”
• “Fathers and Mothers! Honor your children and love them.”

Carl Rogers
b. 1-8-1902; Oak Park, IL
d. 2-4-1987; San Diego, CA

Psychologist Carl Rogers, one of the founders of the humanistic psychology, used a person centered approach to therapy.

Carl Rogers quotes ~
• “The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
• “The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.”
• “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.”

• On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy, Carl Rogers

Hermann Rorschach
b. 11-8-1884; Zurich, Switzerland
d. 4-1-1922; Herisau

Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Herman Roschack is best remembered for development of the projective “inkblot” test used to examine personality characteristics and emotional functioning.

Rorschack, as a student of Eugen Bleuler, began wondering why he and his childhood friends had different responses to the same inkblots, began showing inkblots to school children and recording their responses. The test was published in 1922 as Psychodiagnostics - A Diagnostic Test Based on Perception7

• UK Guardian Rorshach article, July 29, 2009