Barbara Hannah was born in
England
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. She is well known for her association with
Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...
whom she joined in 1929 in
Zurich and remained so until his death.
Biography
Hannah began analysis with Jung in 1929. She befriended
Joseph L. Henderson the same year, and shared accommodation with him in Zurich. In late 1974, she accepted
Marion Woodman
Marion Jean Woodman (née Boa, August 15, 1928 – July 9, 2018) was a Canadian mythopoetic author, poet, analytical psychologist and women's movement figure. She wrote and spoke extensively about the dream theories of Carl Jung.Active Interes ...
into analysis stating, "You are a parson's daughter; I am a parson's daughter...Jung told me that only a parson's child can handle a parson's child.'
Hannah became a close friend of
Swiss Jungian
Analytical psychology ( de , Analytische Psychologie, sometimes translated as analytic psychology and referred to as Jungian analysis) is a term coined by Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, to describe research into his new "empirical science" ...
psychologist Marie-Louise von Franz, to whom she was introduced by Jung. He encouraged the younger von Franz to live with her, stating that "the real reason you should live together is that your chief interest will be analysis and analysts should not live alone."
Hannah wrote a biography of Jung entitled ''Jung, His Life and Work: A Biographical Memoir''. She also practised as a
psychotherapist and served as
lecturer at the
C.G. Jung Institute.
Major works
''The Animus: The Spirit of Inner Truth in Women'', Volume 1''The Animus: The Spirit of Inner Truth in Women'', Volume 2 ''The Archetypal Symbolism of Animals''''Encounters with the Soul''''Jung, His Life and Work: A Biographical Memoir'' ''Striving Toward Wholeness''
References
1891 births
1986 deaths
British psychologists
Jungian psychologists
20th-century British writers
20th-century British women writers
British biographers
20th-century psychologists
British emigrants to Switzerland
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