Alice Miller Scientist
Alice Miller, née Alicija Englard (12 January 1923 – 14 April 2010), was a Swiss psychologist of Polish-Jewish origin, who is noted for her books on parental child abuse, translated into several languages. Her book The Drama of the Gifted Child caused a sensation and became an international bestseller with the English publication in 1981. Her views on the consequences of child abuse became highly influential. In her books she departed from psychoanalysis, charging it with being similar to the poisonous pedagogies.
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| Alias (AKA) | Englard Alicija (birth name); Rostovska Alice (assumed name during World War II) |
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| Birth date | January 12, 1923 |
| Birth name | Alicja Englard |
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| Date of death | April 14, 2010 |
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