11 Facts About Margaret Mahler

Margaret Schonberger Mahler was an Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and pediatrician.

Margaret Mahler did pioneering work in the field of infant and young child research.

Margaret Mahler's father encouraged her to excel in mathematics and other sciences.

Margaret Mahler met the influential Hungarian psychoanalyst Sandor Ferenczi, became fascinated by the concept of the unconscious, and was encouraged to read Sigmund Freud.

Margaret Mahler loved the way the children gave her their attention and showed their joy in cooperating with her.

Margaret Mahler joined the Institute of Human Development, the Educational Institute and the New York Psychoanalytic Society.

Margaret Mahler worked as a psychoanalyst with young disturbed children.

Margaret Mahler initiated a more constructive exploration of severe disturbances in childhood and emphasized the importance of the environment on the child.

Margaret Mahler was especially interested in mother-infant duality and carefully documented the impact of early separations of children from their mothers.

Margaret Mahler shed light on the normal and abnormal features of the developmental ego psychology.

Margaret Mahler worked with psychotic children, while psychosis hadn't been covered in the psychoanalytic treatment yet.