Anne Ancelin Schützenberger
Anne Ancelin Schützenberger, born in 1919, is a French Professor Emeritus of Clinical Social Psychology at the University of Nice, where she has taught since 1967.
Trained in psychodrama by J.L. Moreno, she also studied group dynamics at the University of Michigan alongside notable figures like Kurt Lewin and Leon Festinger.
She collaborated with Carl Rogers, Margaret Mead, and Gregory Bateson, and co-founded the International Association of Group Psychotherapy.
A pioneering figure in transgenerational therapy, she coined the term "psychogenealogy" and became a bestselling author with The Ancestor Syndrome, translated into seven languages.
She received numerous awards, including recognition for her work in the French Underground during World War II.
