Karen Horney

1. Karen Horney
By:Mehwish Mushtaq

3. Karen Horney
Biography:
Born: September 16,1885, Blankenese,
Hamburg, Germany.
Died: December 4, 1952, New York City,
New York, United States.
Education: Albert Ludwig's University of
Freiburg, Humboldt University of Berlin.

4.  Karen Horney was a German
psychoanalyst best-known for her
theories of neurosis, feminine
psychology, and self-psychology.
 Karen Horney was a pioneering
theorist in personality, psychoanalysis,
and “Feminine Psychology”.

5. Theory of Neurosis:
 Horney looked at neurosis in a different light
from other psychoanalysts of the time. Her
expansive interest in the subject led her to
compile a detailed theory of neurosis, with data
from her patients.
 From her experiences as a psychiatrist, Horney
named ten patterns of neurotic needs. These ten
needs are based upon things which she thought
all humans require to succeed in life.

6. Ten neurotic needs:
 Karen Horney identified the 10 “Neurotic
needs” are as follows:

7. Moving Toward People:
1:The neurotic need for Affection and Approval.

8. 2: The neurotic need for a powerful
partner. one whom they can love
and who will solve all problems.

9. Moving Against People:
3: The neurotic need to restrict life
practices to within narrow borders.

10. 4: The neurotic need for power.
5: The neurotic need to exploit
others.

11. 6: The neurotic need for
prestige.
7:The neurotic need for personal
admiration.

12. Moving Away from People:
 8: The neurotic need for personal
achievement.
 9: The neurotic need for self-sufficiency
and independence.
 10 The neurotic need for perfection.

13. Feminine psychology:
 One of the first female psychiatrist, she was the first
known woman to present a paper regarding
feminine psychiatry. The fourteen papers she wrote
between 1922 and 1937 were amalgamated into a
single volume titled Feminine Psychology.
 In her essay entitled "The Problem of Feminine
Masochism" Horney felt she proved that cultures
and societies worldwide encouraged women to be
dependent on men for their love, prestige, wealth,
care and protection.

14.  Horney believed that both men and women
have a drive to be ingenious and productive.
Women are able to satisfy this need normally
and internally — to do this they become
pregnant and give birth. Men please this need
only through external ways.

15. Karen Horney Clinic:
 The Karen Horney Clinic opened on May
6, 1955 in New York City, in honor of
Horney's achievements. The institution
seeks to research and train medical
professionals, particularly in the
psychiatric fields, as well as serving as a
low-cost treatment center.