11 Facts About Alexandra Adler

Alexandra Adler was an Austrian neurologist and the daughter of psychoanalyst Alfred Adler and Raissa Adler.

Alexandra Adler has been described as one of the "leading systematizers and interpreters" of Adlerian psychology.

Alexandra Adler emigrated to the United States in 1935, where she worked as a neurology instructor at the Harvard Medical School.

In 1938, Alexandra Adler became the medical director of the Alfred Alexandra Adler Clinic, named after her father.

Alexandra Adler was one of the leading interpreters of her father's theory, where she published many theories discussing individual psychology.

Alexandra Adler served as the president for the American Society of Adlerian Psychology.

From 1928 to 1938, Alexandra Adler conducted an investigation of known cases of encephalitis or encephalomyelitis at the Boston City Hospital.

In 1937, Alexandra Adler conducted a study along with the Harvard neurosurgeon Tracy Putnam.

In 1943, Alexandra Adler studied survivors of the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire of 1942.

Alexandra Adler became one of the first neurologists to create a detailed documentation of what is known as post-traumatic stress disorder.

Alexandra Adler believed this could be done through modern drug treatment, group therapy, and the existentialist and religious psychotherapies.