Psychoanalysis.
2016 Apr;27(2):42-53. 10.18529/psychoanal.2016.27.2.42.
The Life of Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham and the Pediatric Psychoanalysis
- Affiliations
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- 1Ifamilylove Clinic, Seoul, Korea.
- 2School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Psychiatry, Konyang University College of Medicine, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
- 4Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Department of Psychiatry, Chuncheon National Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea.
- 6Department of Psychiatry, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mompeian@khu.ac.kr
- KMID: 2344942
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.18529/psychoanal.2016.27.2.42
Abstract
- Dorothy Burlingham was born in October 1891 in New York. Her paternal grandfather, Charles Lewis Tiffany, was the founder of Tiffany & Co., a New York jewelry company. Her father, Louis Comfort Tiffany, was a successful artist in the glass industry. Dorothy's relationship with her father was not stable. Her husband, Robert Burlingham, was an American physician who graduated from Harvard Medical School. Her husband was emotionally unstable which led to an intolerable situation in her marriage. Because of this, in addition to the health and behavioral problems of her older son, Bob, Dorothy hired psychoanalyst, Anna Freud, to treat Bob's asthma and bad behaviors. Mrs. Burlingham and Ms. Freud became excellent partners in the area of child psychoanalysis. They remained good friends for over 50 years. After World War II, Mrs. Burlingham became one of the founders of Hampstead nursery. She published several academic papers on the psychoanalysis of blind children and twins. However, she is relatively less known to the public compared to Ms. Freud. We reviewed herein two great women psychoanalysts from the perspective of their friendship. We recounted the works and the impact of Mrs. Burlingham on pediatric psychoanalysis.
