Heinz Kohut

Heinz Kohut
BornMay 3, 1913
Vienna, Austria
DiedOctober 8, 1981(1981-10-08) (aged 68)
OccupationPsychoanalyst
Known forSelf psychology

Heinz Kohut (May 3, 1913 – October 8, 1981) was a Jewish Austrian-born American psychoanalyst best known for his development of self psychology, an influential school of thought within psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory which helped transform the modern practice of analytic and dynamic treatment approaches.