Author
Alice Miller
Alice Miller (1923–2010) was a Polish-Swiss psychologist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher whose work examined the effects of childhood trauma and parental abuse on adult life. She earned a doctorate in philosophy, psychology, and sociology in 1953, later practiced and taught psychoanalysis in Zurich, and turned exclusively to writing in 1980.
Her books include Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries and The Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness, as well as The Drama of the Gifted Child, For Your Own Good, and The Body Never Lies.