Lewis Wolberg

{{Short description|Psychoanalyst}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Lewis Wolberg | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date |1905|07|04}} | birth_place = [[Odessa]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age |1988|02|03|1905|07|04}} | death_place = [[La Peñita de Jaltemba]], [[Mexico]] | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | citizenship = United States | nationality = | fields = [[Psychoanalysis]], [[Psychiatry]], [[Hypnoanalysis]] | workplaces = [[Postgraduate Center for Mental Health]], [[New York City]] <br /> [[New York University School of Medicine]] <br /> [[NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue|Bellevue Hospitals]] | patrons = | education = [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] | alma_mater = [[University of Rochester]] <br /> [[Tufts University Medical School]] | thesis_title =  | thesis_url =  | thesis_year =  | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = Arlene Robbins | partner =  | children = 2 | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }}

'''Lewis Robert Wolberg''' (July 4, 1905 – February 3, 1988) was an American [[psychoanalyst]]. He advocated the use of [[hypnoanalysis]] in [[psychiatry|psychiatric]] treatment. He wrote or edited 20 books, and in 1945 founded the [[Postgraduate Center for Mental Health]] in [[New York City]].<ref>Mahrer, Alvin R. (1967). ''The Goals of Psychotherapy''. Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 33.</ref>

In 1927, Wolberg graduated from the [[University of Rochester]] and obtained his [[M.D.]] from [[Tufts University School of Medicine]] in 1930. From 1967 to 1986, he was professor of psychiatry at the [[New York University School of Medicine]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Susan Heller |date=February 12, 1988 |title=Lewis Wolberg, 82, Clinic Psychoanalyst In New York, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/12/obituaries/lewis-wolberg-82-clinic-psychoanalyst-in-new-york-is-dead.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=June 5, 2017}}</ref>

Wolberg was also interested in [[dieting]] and [[nutrition]]. He authored ''The Psychology of Eating'' in 1936.<ref>Kruse, H. D. [https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.28.4.537-a ''The Psychology of Eating'']. (1938). ''[[American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health]]'' 28 (4): p. 537.</ref> He was highly critical of [[fad diet]]s. To treat obesity, he recommended a low-calorie diet.<ref>Zweiniger‐Bargielowska, Ina. (2005). ''The Culture of the Abdomen: Obesity and Reducing in Britain, circa 1900–1939''. ''[[Journal of British Studies]]'' 44 (2): 239-273.</ref>

==Selected publications== *[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008996321 ''The Psychology of Eating''] (1936) *''Medical Hypnosis'' (two volumes, 1948) *''The Technique of Psychotherapy'' (1954) *[https://archive.org/details/hypnosisisitfory00wolb ''Hypnosis, is it for you?''] (1972) *''Handbook of Short-Term Psychotherapy'' (1980) *''The Practice of Psychotherapy: 506 Questions and Answers'' (1982) *"Hypnoanalysis" 1945, 2nd. edition 1964

==See also== * [[Hypnotic Ego-Strengthening Procedure]]

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