Birthdate: October 25, 1885
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rostov-on-Don, Russian Empire
Died: August 11, 1942
Sabina Spielrein was a prominent Russian physician and psychoanalyst, celebrated for her substantial impact on the field of psychology. With a versatile professional background in psychiatry, psychoanalysis, teaching, and pediatrics across Switzerland and Russia, Spielrein authored more than 35 papers in multiple languages. Her work encompassed topics such as psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, and educational psychology. Notably, she played a pivotal role in introducing the concept of the death instinct in psychoanalysis and conducted significant case studies on schizophrenia. Although historically overlooked, Spielrein is now acknowledged as an inventive thinker with a feminist perspective in psychology.
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