Hedda Bolgar | |
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Born | Switzerland | August 19, 1909
Died | May 13, 2013 | (aged 103)
Alma mater |
University of Vienna (
PhD, 1934) Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute |
Occupation | Psychoanalyst |
Employer(s) | Mt. Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, The Wright Institute of Los Angeles, (1970-), Hedda Bolgar Psychotherapy Clinic, (1974-) |
Spouse | Herbert Bekker |
Parent(s) | Elek Bolgar, Elza Stern |
Hedda Bolgar (August 19, 1909 – May 13, 2013) was a psychoanalyst in Los Angeles, California, who maintained an active practice when she was over 100 years old. [1] She saw patients four days a week at age 102. [2]
Bolgar was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on August 19, 1909. At age 14, Bolgar became a vegetarian. [2] [3] She was the only child of Elek Bolgar, a Hungarian historian and diplomat, and Elza Stern, a reporter who was one of the few women to cover World War I. [4] Elek and Elza Bolgar were communists; they cancelled her ninth birthday so they could take part in a civil uprising in Hungary. [4]
Bolgar studied at the University of Vienna. [4] She studied under Charlotte Bühler and earned her doctorate in 1934. [5] She knew Anna Freud and attended Sigmund Freud's lectures. [6]
In the mid-1930s, Bolgar developed the "Little World Test" (also known as the "Bolgar—Fischer World Test") with her close friend Liselotte Fischer. [7] It was a nonverbal, cross-cultural test similar to the Rorshach Ink Blot Test or the Thematic Apperception Test. [7] When the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938, Bolgar fled Vienna. [4]
After arriving in the US, Bolgar trained at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and taught at the University of Chicago. [4] While in the Midwest, Bolgar gave training on the "Little World Test." [7] Bolgar was chief of psychology at Mt. Sinai Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center). She helped found the California School of Professional Psychology, the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies and the Wright Institute Los Angeles, a postgraduate training center and clinic. [4]
When Bolgar was 95, she helped organize a three-day conference called "The Uprooted Mind: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Living in an Unsafe World." [4] In 2012, at the age of 102, Bolgar was still seeing patients four days a week. [2] At 102, she gave a lecture on "Dogma and Flexibility in Psychoanalytic Technique" before the New Center for Psychoanalysis, a Los Angeles group that offers advanced education to therapists. [4]
Bolgar's husband, economist Herbert Bekker, joined her in the U.S. in 1940 and the two moved to Los Angeles in 1956. [4] The couple had no children. [4] Bekker died in 1973. [4]
Bolgar died on May 13, 2013, at the age of 103. [8] When she died, she was likely the oldest active member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and probably the oldest practicing psychoanalyst in the United States. [8]
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Hedda Bolgar | |
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Born | Switzerland | August 19, 1909
Died | May 13, 2013 | (aged 103)
Alma mater |
University of Vienna (
PhD, 1934) Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute |
Occupation | Psychoanalyst |
Employer(s) | Mt. Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, The Wright Institute of Los Angeles, (1970-), Hedda Bolgar Psychotherapy Clinic, (1974-) |
Spouse | Herbert Bekker |
Parent(s) | Elek Bolgar, Elza Stern |
Hedda Bolgar (August 19, 1909 – May 13, 2013) was a psychoanalyst in Los Angeles, California, who maintained an active practice when she was over 100 years old. [1] She saw patients four days a week at age 102. [2]
Bolgar was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on August 19, 1909. At age 14, Bolgar became a vegetarian. [2] [3] She was the only child of Elek Bolgar, a Hungarian historian and diplomat, and Elza Stern, a reporter who was one of the few women to cover World War I. [4] Elek and Elza Bolgar were communists; they cancelled her ninth birthday so they could take part in a civil uprising in Hungary. [4]
Bolgar studied at the University of Vienna. [4] She studied under Charlotte Bühler and earned her doctorate in 1934. [5] She knew Anna Freud and attended Sigmund Freud's lectures. [6]
In the mid-1930s, Bolgar developed the "Little World Test" (also known as the "Bolgar—Fischer World Test") with her close friend Liselotte Fischer. [7] It was a nonverbal, cross-cultural test similar to the Rorshach Ink Blot Test or the Thematic Apperception Test. [7] When the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938, Bolgar fled Vienna. [4]
After arriving in the US, Bolgar trained at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and taught at the University of Chicago. [4] While in the Midwest, Bolgar gave training on the "Little World Test." [7] Bolgar was chief of psychology at Mt. Sinai Hospital (now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center). She helped found the California School of Professional Psychology, the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies and the Wright Institute Los Angeles, a postgraduate training center and clinic. [4]
When Bolgar was 95, she helped organize a three-day conference called "The Uprooted Mind: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Living in an Unsafe World." [4] In 2012, at the age of 102, Bolgar was still seeing patients four days a week. [2] At 102, she gave a lecture on "Dogma and Flexibility in Psychoanalytic Technique" before the New Center for Psychoanalysis, a Los Angeles group that offers advanced education to therapists. [4]
Bolgar's husband, economist Herbert Bekker, joined her in the U.S. in 1940 and the two moved to Los Angeles in 1956. [4] The couple had no children. [4] Bekker died in 1973. [4]
Bolgar died on May 13, 2013, at the age of 103. [8] When she died, she was likely the oldest active member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and probably the oldest practicing psychoanalyst in the United States. [8]
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