PSYCHOANALYSIS

1. KAREN HORNEY
PERSONALITY THEORY
PRESENTED BY.
SAJJAD ULLAH KHAN .
UNIVERSITY OF SWAT.

2. KAREN
HORNEY
Born. In
1885 at
Blankenese,
Holstein, Prussia,
German empire,
Germany.
Died. 4 Dec 1952
at New York City,
New York, USA.
Nationality. German
Field.
Psychoanalyst.

3. EARLY LIFE
 Karen Horney was born on 16 Sept 1885 in
Blankenese, Germany. Her father, Berndt
Wackels Danielson (1836-1910) was a ship’s
captain and having traditional thinking
towards religion.
 Her mother Clotide Neevan Ronzelen (1853-
1911) known as ‘Sonni’ was much different
being more open minded than Berndt.

4.  According to Horney her father was ‘ a
crucial disciplinary figure’ holding his elder
son in higher regard then herself. Despite
this Karen always felt deprived of her
father’s affection and instead became
attached to her mother.

5. EDUCATION
 Against her parents wishes Horney entered
medical school in 1906, at University of
Freiburg.
 By 1908, Horney had transferred to the
University of Gottingen and would transfer
once more to University of Berlin before her
graduation in 1913. Attending several
universities was common at the time to gain
a basic medical education.

6.  It was during her time as a medical student
that she met Oskar Horney whom she
married by 1909.
 Her first daughter Brigitte Horney became
one of the most famous actress in Germany.

7. CAREER AND WORKS
 In 1920 Horney took up a position within the
institute for psychoanalysis in Berlin where she
lectured on psychoanalysis for several years.
 It was also in 1923 that Karen Horney brother
died in pulmonary infection that event
contributed to a worsening of Karen’s mental
health.
 Horney quickly set about establishing herself.
Her first career posting in the united states was
as the associate Director of the Chicago
Institute for psychoanalysis.

8.  Horney developed and advanced her
composite theories regarding neurosis and
personality. In 1937 she published the book
“The Neurotic Personality of Our Time”.
 She taught at the New York Medical College
and practicing as a psychiatrist until her
death in 1952.

9. THEORY OF NEUROSIS
 Horney looked at neurosis in a different
light from other psychoanalysts of the
time.
 From her experiences as psychiatrist,
Horney named ten patterns of neurotic
needs. These ten needs are based
upon things which she thought all
humans require to succeed in life.

10. TEN NEUROTIC NEEDS
 Moving toward people.
1. The need for affection and approval,
pleasing others and being liked by
them.
2. The need for a partner one whom
they can love and will solve all
problems.

11.  Moving Against People.
3. The need for power, the ability to bend
wills and achieve control over others.
4. The need to exploit others, to get the
better of them.
5. The need for social recognition, prestige
and limelight.

12. 6. The need for personal admiration, for both
inner and outer qualities to be valued.
7. The need for personal achievement; thought
virtually all persons wish to make achievement.

13.  Moving Away From People.
8. The need for self-sufficiency and
independence, while most desires some
autonomy, the neurotic may simply wish to
discard other individual entirely.
9. The need for perfection; while many are
driven to perfect their lives in the form of
well being the neurotic may display a fear
of being slightly flawed.

14. 10. The need to restrict life practices to within
narrow borders, to live as inconspicuous a life
as possible.

15. FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY
 As one of the first female psychiatrist, she was
the first known woman to present a paper
regarding feminine psychiatry. The fourteen
papers she wrote between 1922 and 1937 were
amalgamated into a single volume titled
“Feminine Psychology”.
 In her essay entitled “ The Problem of Feminine
Masochism” Horney felt she proved that
cultures and societies world wide encouraged
women to be dependent on men for their love,
prestige, wealth, care and protection.

16.  Horney believed that both men and women
have ingenious and productive. Women are
able to satisfy this need normally and
internally – to do this they become pregnant
and give birth. Men please this need only
through external ways.

17. KAREN HORNEY WORKS
 Neurotic and Human Growth. Norton, New
York 1950.
 Are you Considering:- Psychoanalysis.
Norton 1945.
 Our Inner Conflicts. Norton, 1945.
 Self Analysis, Norton 1942.
 New Ways in Psychoanalysis. Norton
1939.

18.  The Neurotic Personality of Our Time,
Norton, 1937.
 Feminine Psychology , Norton. 1922-1937.
 The Collected Works of Karen Horney,
Norton 1950.