Otto Rank: beginnings, endings, and current experience.
I have traced the theories of Otto Rank as they appeared in his major technical writings. Against this background, I have discussed references to Rank in past and contemporary psychoanalytic literature. This paper describes three important contributions of Rank--his birth trauma theory, leading to his theory of the birth of the self; his emphasis on present experience (forerunner of the current "here-and-now" theory); and his writings about the creative potential of the termination process.
D003405:Creativity; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014836:Volition