Eva Reich
Dr. Eva Renate Reich (27 April 1924 – 10 August 2008) also credited as Dr. Eva Reich Moise, was an Austrian-American physician. She continued some of her father, Wilhelm Reich's controversial work on orgonomy, and found recognition for energy massage during the New Age movements of the 1960s.[1] She also developed a type of infant massage for babies with colic known as butterfly baby massage.
Early life and education
[edit]Reich was born on 27 April 1924 in Vienna. She was the eldest child of Annie Pink and Wilhelm Reich. Her parents were both well-known Freudian psychoanalysts.[2][3] The family moved to America in 1938 when Eva was the age of 14.
She studied at Barnard College and then obtained a medical degree from Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania.[2] Reich did her residency in pediatrics in New York.[4] In 1951, Reich qualified as a physician.[2]
Career
[edit]In 1952, Reich and her husband moved to Hancock[2] and Reich set up in private practice[4] until 1962. After her father's death in 1957, she adapted some of his theories and incorporated them positively into her practice.[2] Reich ran a Montesorri school for 4 years from 1963 to 1966 before returning to medicine.[2]
In 1968, she was delivering babies.[5] From 1970, she operated mobile birth control clinics in Maine.[2] She also developed a type of infant massage for babies with colic dubbed "butterfly baby massage".[6][2] The method is still used in Europe.[2]
Personal life and death
[edit]In 1950, Reich moved to her father's laboratory and an observatory, Orgonon, near Rangeley, Maine.[7] The artist William Moise came to work at Orgonon as her father's assistant[2] and the pair later got married.[3] The couple had one daughter, Renata in 1960.[2] They later divorced in 1974.[3]
Reich retired in 1992 and suffered a series of strokes before her death.[6] She died on 10 August 2008 in Hancock at the age of 84.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Eva Reich: infant massage guru". The Times. London. 13 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Eva Renate Reich, M.D." Bangor Daily News (Obituary). 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
- 1 2 3 "Eva Reich, 84, Lectured on Reichian Psychology". The New York Sun (Obituaries). Associated Press.
- 1 2 Woods Bell, Mae (May 11, 1982). "Baby Massage by Amelia D. Auckett". The Nashville Graphic (Book review). p. 4. Retrieved 27 July 2026 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Coleman, Melissa (2011-04-12). This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-208735-5.
- 1 2 "Eva Reich obituary". Legacy.com. August 10, 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ↑ Sharaf, Myron (1994). Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich. p. 356.
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