Miller, Alice (1923–)

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Miller, Alice (1923–)

Polish-born psychoanalyst. Born 1923 in Poland; moved to Zurich, Switzerland; studied philosophy, sociology, and psychology and took her doctorate in 1953.

Completed psychoanalytic training in Zurich; as a practicing psychoanalyst, was involved in teaching and training for more than 20 years; departed from Freudian theory in an attempt to understand abused and silenced children who later become destructive; published the widely read Prisoners of Childhood (1979, later titled The Drama of the Gifted Child); wrote of Hitler's childhood in For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence; also published Thou Shalt Not Be Aware, Banished Knowledge, and Pictures of a Childhood (2004), a collection of 66 of her watercolors.

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