Sabina Spielrein

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Sabina Nikolayevna Spielrein (Russian: Сабина Николаевна Шпильрейн, IPA: [sɐˈbʲinə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ʂpʲɪlʲˈrɛjn]; 7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1885 – 11 August 1942) was a Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts. She was first the patient of Carl Gustav Jung, then the student of Jung, then eventually the colleague of Carl Gustav Jung. She also had an intimate relationship with Jung during 1908–1910, as is documented in their correspondence from the time and her diaries. Spielrein also met, corresponded with, and had a collegial relationship with Sigmund Freud. Spielrein also worked with and psychoanalysed Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget. Spielrein worked as a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, teacher and paediatrician in Switzerland and Russia. In her thirty-year professional career, she published over 35 papers in three languages (German, French and Russian), covering psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, psycholinguistics and educational psychology. Among...

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