Lewis Wolberg
Born(1905-07-04)July 4, 1905
Odessa, Russian Empire
DiedFebruary 3, 1988(1988-02-03) (aged 82)
La Peñita de Jaltemba, Mexico
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationMD
Alma materUniversity of Rochester
Tufts University Medical School
SpouseArlene Robbins
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsPsychoanalysis, Psychiatry, Hypnoanalysis
InstitutionsPostgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York City
New York University School of Medicine
Bellevue Hospitals

Lewis Robert Wolberg (July 4, 1905 – February 3, 1988) was an American psychoanalyst. He advocated the use of hypnoanalysis in psychiatric treatment. He wrote or edited 20 books, and in 1945 founded the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health in New York City.[1]

In 1927, Wolberg graduated from the University of Rochester and obtained his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1930. From 1967 to 1986, he was professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine.[2]

Wolberg was also interested in dieting and nutrition. He authored The Psychology of Eating in 1936.[3] He was highly critical of fad diets. To treat obesity, he recommended a low-calorie diet.[4]

Selected publications

  • The Psychology of Eating (1936)
  • Medical Hypnosis (two volumes, 1948)
  • The Technique of Psychotherapy (1954)
  • Hypnosis, is it for you? (1972)
  • Handbook of Short-Term Psychotherapy (1980)
  • The Practice of Psychotherapy: 506 Questions and Answers (1982)
  • "Hypnoanalysis" 1945, 2nd. edition 1964

References

  1. ↑ Mahrer, Alvin R. (1967). The Goals of Psychotherapy. Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 33.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Susan Heller (February 12, 1988). "Lewis Wolberg, 82, Clinic Psychoanalyst In New York, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Kruse, H. D. The Psychology of Eating. (1938). American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health 28 (4): p. 537.
  4. ↑ Zweiniger‐Bargielowska, Ina. (2005). The Culture of the Abdomen: Obesity and Reducing in Britain, circa 1900–1939. Journal of British Studies 44 (2): 239-273.


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