Kaplan, Helen Singer, 1929-1995

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Name (Hebrew)
קפלן, הלן זינגר, 1929-1995
Name (Latin)
Kaplan, Helen Singer, 1929-1995
Other forms of name
Kaplan, Helen Singer, 1929-
Date of birth
1929-02-06
Date of death
1995-08-17
Associated country
Austria
United States
Occupation
Authors
College teachers
Sex therapists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
Biographical or Historical Data
b. in Vienna, Austria
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 79331002
Wikidata: Q5703188
Library of congress: n 79060072
HAI10: 000156473
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Wikipedia description:

Helen Singer Kaplan (German: [ˈzɪŋɐ]; February 6, 1929 – August 17, 1995) was an Austrian-American sex therapist and the founder of the first clinic in the United States for sexual disorders established at a medical school. The New York Times described Kaplan as someone who was "considered a leader among scientific-oriented sex therapists. She was noted for her efforts to combine some of the insights and techniques of psychoanalysis with behavioral methods." She was also dubbed the "Sex Queen" because of her role as a pioneer in sex therapy during the sexual revolution in 1960s America, and because of her advocacy of the idea that people should enjoy sexual activity as much as possible, as opposed to seeing it as something dirty or harmful. The main purpose of her dissertation is to evaluate the psychosexual dysfunctions because these syndromes are among the most prevalent, worrying and distressing medical complaints of modern times.

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