Professor Gertrude Blanck

Gertrude Blanck holds a Ph.D. from New York University. She has had extensive psychoanalytic training and has been in the private practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy since 1950. At a time when little was known about the technique of psychotherapy, Dr. Blanck established the Institute for the Study of Psychotherapy where she, along with a distinguished faculty, trained hundreds of psychotherapists. An esteemed supervisor and seminar leader, she has lectured in the major cities of the...See more

Gertrude Blanck holds a Ph.D. from New York University. She has had extensive psychoanalytic training and has been in the private practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy since 1950. At a time when little was known about the technique of psychotherapy, Dr. Blanck established the Institute for the Study of Psychotherapy where she, along with a distinguished faculty, trained hundreds of psychotherapists. An esteemed supervisor and seminar leader, she has lectured in the major cities of the United States, Europe, China, and the Philippines. She is co-author of the noted trilogy Ego Psychology, Ego Psychology II, and Beyond Ego Psychology. Dr. Blanck is past president of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Distinguished Lydia Rapaport Visiting Professor at Smith College, and recipient of the Margaret S. Mahler Memorial Award. She has been named to the Hunter College Hall of Fame. See less