Sabina Spielrein was a Russian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst of Jewish origin born in 1885, and died in 1942.
As with the role of many women in history, her name did not rise, despite having had aProven influence on the conceptualization of Freudian ideas, and having been an inspiration for the elaboration of Jungian concepts.
Sabina was better known for having been Jung's mistress than for her collaboration in the development of psychoanalytic conceptualizations
However, she was one of the first women to join the Vienna Psychoanalytic Association and her development of what she called The destructive drive and sadistic, it is said constituted an essential contribution to the formulation of the Death Instinct of the Freudian Theory. In addition, she is said to have inspired Jungto develop the concepts ofAnima and Sombra
In the film A Dangerous Method (2011) the links that interacted in the world of Psychoanalysis at the time when Freud sought to expand his theory beyond the context reached so far.
The relationship between Freud and Jung and the participation of Sabina Spielrein show the influences of these exchanges on conceptual elaborations, many of which weresuggested and promoted by Sabina.
A kind of triangular link that generated controversy, rupture and multiple debates.
Thanks to this film, the name of Sabina Spielreincame into the public eye with a more massive reach and began topopularize her story and her participation in psychoanalytic developments
Sabina Spielrein was hospitalized at the age of 18 due to a profound crisis. She was treated by Jung at the Burghölzi clinic, run by Bleuler.
There she received treatment from Jung, through the "talking cure"proposed by Freud. The treatment was successful, because Sabina stopped experiencing seizures and symptoms. But in the course of this treatment, a love relationship began between the two. As a result of this fact, many reflections emerged, both in Freud and in Jung himself.
But in a very interesting way Sabina ended up playing an extremely important role in key moments for Psychoanalysis.
Time later he finished his medical studies, specialized in Psychiatry, devoted himself to Psychoanalysis and wrote an interesting thesis on the study of Schizophrenia. But, as is often the case with professional life of women throughout history, this road has not been easy.
Sabina had received physical and psychological abuse from her father, which is why, at the age of 4, she experienced a development early sexual,withfeatures sadomasochistic.
The relationship with his mother,according to Jung's documentation and records, was marked by rivalry. Having thischildish and seductive characteristics that would lead her to constantly compete with her daughter
Her subsequent professional development was oriented towards the treatment of children, mainly those who had suffered some form of violence. She founded the White Nursery,a center focused on treating children and helping them develop their potential. It was an extremely avant-garde center for the time, which is why, the communist government closed it. In addition, shedirected the treatment of Jean Piaget, who would later become a key student of evolutionary psychology
Sabina later devoted herself to work in Schools,since Psychoanalysis was prohibited by the Stalin regime.
Her journey ended tragically, with herbeing killed along with her two daughters at the hands of the Nazis
Fortunately, today we can access information about her life and her contributions. Like her, many women remained hidden, unknown, for the history of the different disciplines.
Being a pioneerwoman,that she had to face a difficult childhood and grow professionally in a conservative and patriarchal age, yet she made great contributions in the field of Psychology
Today they deserve our attentionand recognition, both his work and his story.
