Grotjahn, Martin
(1904-1990)
Biographical Note:
Martin Grotjahn
was a pioneering
psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, teacher and author, who established the
first
psychoanalytic training center in Los Angeles.
He was born in Berlin
on July 8, 1904, trained at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Society, and
emigrated to
the United States
with his wife, Etelka, in 1936. Grotjahn worked in Topeka
under Karl Menninger and in Chicago
under Franz Alexander, and inevitably enlisted in the army in 1943
until 1946.
Upon leaving the army, he moved to Los Angeles
and began as a training analyst and in 1951 established the first
psychoanalytic institute in Los
Angeles.
Dr. Grotjahn also taught at the USC
School of
Medicine and maintained a private practice in Beverly Hills.
He is most known for
his
expertise on groups and individual behaviors, and has published such
books as
“Beyond Laughter”, “Psychoanalysis and
the Family
Neurosis” and “Hess, the Man
and His Machine”. Dr. Grotjahn died on September 30, 1990.
Summary:
the collection consists of Grotjahn's professional and personal
correspondence with Sanford Gifford, photographs, hand-drawn cartoons
and cards, reprints and books reviews, as well as a transcript of an
interview by Sanford Gifford of Dr. Grotjahn and his wife from 1982..
Finding
Aid for
this collection is available
here
Related BPSI Collections
Oral
History Interview Records,
1953-2008, bulk 1973-2008:
Grotjahn, Martin, August 18, 1982
Cassette #396
Oral
History Interview Records,
1953-2008, bulk 1973-2008:
Sanford Gifford’s notes on Martin
Grotjahn, 11
August 2010, mp3
Helene Deutsch
(1884-1982) Papers, 1924-1990
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