Clinical Psychology
Abraham Maslow
Abraham Maslow 1908-1970 Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist born in Brooklyn, NY. He taught at several universities in the New York area and perhaps best known for his belief in Humanistic Psychology. His Hierarchy of Needs has been applied to many professional fields outside of psychology, including sociology, business, medicine, and others. The Hierarchy…
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Emil Kraepelin
Emil Kraepelin 1855-1925 Emil Kraepelin was a psychiatrist who studied the description and classification of mental disorders, leading to what we now call the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association. He believed that if symptom clusters could be identified then research could more easily begin the work of…
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Carl Jung
Carl Jung 1875 – 1961 Born in Kesswil, Switzerland, Carl Jung was trained as a psychiatrist after receiving his M.D. from Basel University. He then began research on psychoanalytic techniques and theories such as word association and began correspondence with Sigmund Freud in 1906. The two men met a year later and eventually presented seminars…
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Harry Harlow
Harry Harlow 1905-1981 Harry Harlow was born in Fairfield, Iowa and was educated in the field of Ethology, or the study of primates. He spent his entire professional career teaching at the University of Wisconsin from 1930-1974. His focus of research was on the learning abilities in primates and he observed the phenomenon of ‘learning…
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Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud 1856-1939 Sigmund Freud was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1856. His family moved to Vienna when he was four, where he spent the majority of his life. Although his family was Jewish, Freud considered himself an atheist. Rumor has it that he was his mother’s favorite of the seven children. As the…
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Hans Eysenck
Hans Eysenck 1916-1997 Hans Eysenck is probably best known as a controversialist. He has received acclaim and criticism from colleagues and seems to strive more from the latter. Born the son of German film and stage celebrities, he was encouraged to pursue acting as a career. After graduating from high school, however, he left Germany…
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Aaron Beck, MD 1921-2021 Aaron Beck was born on July 18, 1921, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the youngest of five children and grew up in a Jewish family. Beck’s father was a successful businessman, and his mother was a homemaker. Beck attended Brown University and graduated in 1942 with a degree in humanities.…
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Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler 1870-1937 Alfred Adler was born in Vienna Austria as the second of six children. Much of his career was molded from childhood experiences, particularly an incident when he was only five years old. Diagnosed with pneumonia, Adler overheard his physician tell his father that he doubted Alfred would recover from his illness. At…
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Chapter 10.2: Therapy Providers
PSYCHOLOGY 10110.2 Therapy Providers Psychology 101 Contents1: How to Learn Psychology – 1.1: Influence of Research on Psychology – 1.2: Experimental Research – 1.3: Types of Research 2: Biopsychology – 2.1: Neurotransmitters – 2.2: The Brain & Nervous System 3: Intro to Development, Personality & Stage Theories – 3.1: Motor & Cognitive Development – 3.2:…
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Chapter 10.1: Types of Psychotherapy
PSYCHOLOGY 10110.1 Types of Psychotherapy Psychology 101 Contents1: How to Learn Psychology – 1.1: Influence of Research on Psychology – 1.2: Experimental Research – 1.3: Types of Research 2: Biopsychology – 2.1: Neurotransmitters – 2.2: The Brain & Nervous System 3: Intro to Development, Personality & Stage Theories – 3.1: Motor & Cognitive Development -…
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