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Daniel Widlöcher

1929 – 2021

French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

Psychiatrist Professeur des universités – Praticien hospitalier
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Lived 1929 – 2021 (aged 92). Daniel Widlöcher was a French psychiatrist and professeur des universités – Praticien hospitalier.

Daniel Widlöcher (8 June 1929 – 14 December 2021) was a French psychiatrist and academic. He served as president of the International Psychoanalytical Association in 2001.

Biography Widlöcher was born into an Alsatian family in Paris. He started his career as a childhood psychiatrist at the Hôpital Ambroise Paré, directed by Jenny Aubry. He spent his military service in Algeria, serving an adult military hospital. He carried out analyses alongside Jacques Lacan from 1953 to 1960. Alongside Donald Winicott and , he assisted in the foundation of the . He presided over the Association from 2001 to 2005. He was also President of the Association française de thérapie comportementale et cognitive from 1979 to 1980. He then chaired the teaching committee of the Association psychanalyse et psychothérapies. He received a Sigourney Award in 1998.

He died in Paris on 14 December 2021, at the age of 92.

Publications L'interprétation des dessins d'enfants (1965) Freud et le problème du changement (1970) Les logiques de la dépression (1983) Métapsychologie du sens (1986) Les psychotropes, une manière de penser le psychisme? (1990) Traité de psychopathologie (1994) Les nouvelles cartes de la psychanalyse (1996) Sexualité infantile et attachement (2001) Le psychodrame chez l'enfant (2003) Psychanalyse et psychothérapie (2008) Comment on devient psychanalyste … et comment on le reste (2010) La dépression (1989) Actualité des modèles freudiens : langage, image, pensée (1995) La Psychanalyse en dialogue (2003) Les psychanalystes savent-ils débattre ? (2008) Conversations psychanalytiques (2017)

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Nationality
Education
Pierre and Marie Curie University
Positions held
President
Employers
AP-HP Sorbonne University Hospital Group
Awards
Sigourney Award

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Daniel Widlöcher?

French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

When was Daniel Widlöcher born?

Daniel Widlöcher was born on 8 June 1929 in Paris, 12th arrondissement of Paris.

When did Daniel Widlöcher die?

Daniel Widlöcher died on 14 December 2021 in Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre.

What was Daniel Widlöcher's occupation?

Daniel Widlöcher was a psychiatrist and professeur des universités – Praticien hospitalier.

What nationality was Daniel Widlöcher?

Daniel Widlöcher was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Daniel Widlöcher

· Wikidata: Q3014814

· DBpedia: Daniel Widlöcher

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