List of psychoanalytical theorists

A few of the most influential psychoanalysts and theorists, philosophers and literary critics who were or are influenced by psychoanlaysis include:


 * Alfred Adler- Proponent of individual psychology.
 * Karl Abraham – Psychoanalyst.
 * Nicholas Abraham – Psychoanalyst.
 * Franz Alexander – Psychoanalyst.
 * Lou Andreas-Salomé – Psychoanalyst.
 * Jacob Arlow
 * Michael Balint
 * Lee Baxandall
 * Ernest Becker
 * Therese Benedek
 * John Benjamin
 * Bruno Bettelheim
 * Edward Bibring
 * Wilfred Bion
 * John Bowlby
 * Charles Brenner
 * Abraham A. Brill
 * Norman O. Brown
 * Ruth Mack Brunswick
 * Judith Butler
 * Cornelius Castoriadis
 * Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel – French psychoanalyst.
 * Nancy Chodorow
 * David Cooper
 * Joan Copjec
 * Helene Deutsch
 * Françoise Dolto
 * Kurt R. Eissler
 * Max Eitingon
 * Erik Erikson
 * Bracha L. Ettinger
 * Ronald Fairbairn
 * Franklin Fearing
 * Pierre Fédida
 * Otto Fenichel


 * Sandor Ferenczi
 * J. C. Flugel
 * S. H. Foulkes
 * Anna Freud
 * Sigmund Freud – Proponent of psychoanalysis.
 * Erich Fromm – Social psychologist.
 * Frieda Fromm-Reichmann
 * Merton Gill
 * Edward Glover
 * Andre Green – Psychoanalyst.
 * Ralph R. Greenson
 * Otto Gross
 * G. Stanley Hall – Psychologist.
 * Heinz Hartmann – Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.
 * Paula Heimann
 * James Hollis
 * Karen Horney- Psychoanalyst.
 * Luce Irigaray – Philosopher.
 * Susan Sutherland Isaacs
 * Edith Jacobson
 * Ernest Jones
 * Carl Jung – Psychoanalyst.
 * Karl Kerenyi
 * Otto Kernberg
 * Paulina Kernberg
 * Masud Khan
 * Melanie Klein
 * Heinz Kohut- Psychoanalyst.
 * Julia Kristeva – Philosopher.
 * Jacques Lacan
 * Robert Langs
 * R.D. Laing
 * Jean Laplanche
 * Jonathan Lear
 * Fred M. Levin Professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
 * Bertram D. Lewin
 * Hans Loewald
 * Rudolf Loewenstein
 * Alexander Lowen- Psychoanalyst and Psychiatrist.


 * Margaret Mahler
 * Adolf Meyer
 * Donald Meltzer
 * Karl Menninger
 * Stephen A. Mitchell
 * Juan-David Nasio
 * Robert Neimeyer
 * Robert Nemiroff
 * Erich Neumann
 * Sándor Radó (psychoanalyst)
 * Otto Rank
 * David Rapaport
 * Wilhelm Reich – Psychoanalyst.
 * Theodor Reik
 * Laurence A. Rickels
 * Joan Riviere
 * Avital Ronell
 * Geza Roheim
 * Herbert Rosenfeld
 * Élisabeth Roudinesco
 * Benjamin B. Rubinstein
 * Jurgen Ruesch
 * Joseph J. Sandler
 * Nina Searl
 * Harold Searles
 * Hanna Segal
 * Roy Schafer
 * Melitta Schmideberg
 * Sabina Spielrein
 * Rene Spitz
 * Hyman Spotnitz
 * John Steiner (psychoanalyst)
 * Wilhelm Stekel
 * Daniel N. Stern
 * Robert J. Stoller
 * Harry Stack Sullivan
 * Viktor Tausk
 * Maria Torok
 * Frances Tustin- Psychoanalyst.
 * Vamik Volkan – Psychiatrist.
 * Donald Winnicott- Psychoanalyst.
 * Gregory Zilboorg
 * Slavoj Žižek – Philosopher.