The Vienna Psychoanalytic Society was formerly known as the Wednesday Psychological Society. They commenced their meetings in Freud’s apartment in 1902. By 1908 the group adopted its new name and was the international psychoanalytic authority of the time.
The first president was Alfred Adler, who resigned in 1911.
Prominent members:
- Sigmund Freud
- Otto Rank
- Karl Abraham
- Carl Jung
- Sándor Ferenczi
- Isidor Isaak Sadger
- Hanns Sachs
- Ludwig Binswanger
- Carl Alfred Meier
- Sabina Spielrein
- Margarete Hilferding
Read more about Vienna Psychoanalytic Society: First Meetings, Active Years
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