# Lewis Wolberg

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Psychoanalyst

Lewis Wolberg Born (1905-07-04)July 4, 1905 Odessa, Russian Empire Died February 3, 1988(1988-02-03) (aged 82) La Peñita de Jaltemba, Mexico Citizenship United States Education MD Alma mater University of Rochester Tufts University Medical School Spouse Arlene Robbins Children 2 Scientific career Fields Psychoanalysis, Psychiatry, Hypnoanalysis Institutions Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York City New York University School of Medicine Bellevue Hospitals

**Lewis Robert Wolberg** (July 4, 1905 – February 3, 1988) was an American [psychoanalyst](/source/Psychoanalyst). He advocated the use of [hypnoanalysis](/source/Hypnoanalysis) in [psychiatric](/source/Psychiatry) treatment. He wrote or edited 20 books, and in 1945 founded the [Postgraduate Center for Mental Health](/source/Postgraduate_Center_for_Mental_Health) in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).[1]

In 1927, Wolberg graduated from the [University of Rochester](/source/University_of_Rochester) and obtained his [M.D.](/source/M.D.) from [Tufts University School of Medicine](/source/Tufts_University_School_of_Medicine) in 1930. From 1967 to 1986, he was professor of psychiatry at the [New York University School of Medicine](/source/New_York_University_School_of_Medicine).[2]

Wolberg was also interested in [dieting](/source/Dieting) and [nutrition](/source/Nutrition). He authored *The Psychology of Eating* in 1936.[3] He was highly critical of [fad diets](/source/Fad_diet). To treat obesity, he recommended a low-calorie diet.[4]

## Selected publications

- [*The Psychology of Eating*](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008996321) (1936)

- *Medical Hypnosis* (two volumes, 1948)

- *The Technique of Psychotherapy* (1954)

- [*Hypnosis, is it for you?*](https://archive.org/details/hypnosisisitfory00wolb) (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](/source/Hypnotic_Ego-Strengthening_Procedure)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Mahrer, Alvin R. (1967). *The Goals of Psychotherapy*. Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 33.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Anderson, Susan Heller (February 12, 1988). ["Lewis Wolberg, 82, Clinic Psychoanalyst In New York, Is Dead"](https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/12/obituaries/lewis-wolberg-82-clinic-psychoanalyst-in-new-york-is-dead.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved June 5, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Kruse, H. D. [*The Psychology of Eating*](https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.28.4.537-a). (1938). *[American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health](/source/American_Journal_of_Public_Health_and_the_Nation's_Health)* 28 (4): p. 537.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Zweiniger‐Bargielowska, Ina. (2005). *The Culture of the Abdomen: Obesity and Reducing in Britain, circa 1900–1939*. *[Journal of British Studies](/source/Journal_of_British_Studies)* 44 (2): 239-273.

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