Alexandra Adler
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Alexandra Adler | |
|---|---|
 Julius Wagner-Jauregg's staff in 1927 | |
| Born | 24 September 1901  |
| Died | 4 January 2001 (aged 99) |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist, neurologist |
Alexandra Adler (24 September 1901 – 4 January 2001) was an Austrian neurologist and the daughter of psychoanalyst Alfred Adler and Raissa Adler. She has been described as one of the "leading systematizers and interpreters" of Adlerian psychology.[1] Her sister was socialist activist Valentine Adler.[2] Alexandra Adler's husband was Halfdan Gregersen.[3]
Adler was born in September 24th 1901 in Vienna, Austria to a well-to-do Jewish family -her father and grandfather father were Austrian-Jews and her paternal grandmother was of Hungarian Jewish origin-. Adler's mother was born in Russia to a Russian-Jewish merchant family. Adler completed her medical studies at the University of Vienna in 1926, and then specialized in psychiatry at the University of Vienna Neuropsychiatric Hospital. In 1934, Adler ran a child guidance center, where she remained in charge until Nazis shut the center down.[4] She emigrated to the United States in 1935, where she worked as a neurology instructor at the Harvard Medical School.[5] Also in 1935, she established the Journal of Psychology. In 1938, Adler became the medical director of the Alfred Adler Clinic, named after her father.[5] Adler was one of the leading interpreters of her father's theory, where she published many theories discussing individual psychology.[6] In 1946 she joined New York University College of Medicine's psychiatry department, and became a professor there in 1969.[1] She also served as the president for the American Society of Adlerian Psychology.[6]
