Mildred Newman
Mildred Newman | |
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| Born | Mildred Rubenstein[1]: 279 1919 or 1920 |
| Died | (aged 81) |
| Alma mater | Hunter College |
| Spouse | Phillip Newman Bernard Berkowitz (M: 1962) |
Mildred Newman (née Rubenstein; 1919/20 — November 6, 2001) was an American psychologist and author known for her self-help books.
Early life
[edit source]Newman's mother was from Russia,[2] and Newman grew up in Manhattan.[3] Newman gained an undergraduate degree (1940) and a master's degree (1943) from Hunter College.[4] Prior to working as a psychologist, Newman spent time studying modern dance and was an artists' model.[1]: 279 She trained as a psychoanalyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, which was founded by Theodor Reik.[1]: 280 [4]
Career
[edit source]Newman started her psychoanalyst practice in New York City in the middle of the 1950s.[5] She realized that her patients needed a place to have positive feedback, and in 1971 she and her husband Bernard Berkowitz started a book that became How to Be Your Own Best Friend.[5] In 2018, an article in the New York Post attributed the self-help industry that followed back to this 1971 book.[5]
Newman worked with many prominent clients, starting with Paula Prentiss,[1]: 280–281 Anthony Perkins,[1]: 283–284 George Segal, Neil Simon, Nora Ephron, and others.[6] She and her husband treated so many celebrities that they were known as "therapists of the stars".[2] She and her husband also participated in social events with her clients.[1]: 287–288
Newman was a proponent of conversion therapy, famously using electroshock with Perkins to treat his homosexuality. Such views and treatments were not unusual for mainstream medical professionals of the era.[7][8][9] Perkins's friend and collaborator Stephen Sondheim described Newman to author Mark Harris as "completely unethical and a danger to humanity."[10][11]
Personal life
[edit source]Her first husband was Philip Newman, though they later divorced.[when?][1]: 280 She met her second husband, Bernard Berkowitz as a teenager[2] waiting in line for a concert, and they married in 1962.[1]: 280 By 1978 they were sharing recipes in a newspaper article that was one of a series on celebrity recipes.[12] Newman died of a pulmonary embolism on November 6, 2001, aged 81.[3][4]
Selected publications
[edit source]- Newman, Mildred; Stern, E. Mark (1964). "The Age Game". Psychoanalytic Review. 51B (2): 63–74. Retrieved 2022-09-05.[13]
- Newman, Mildred; Berkowitz, Bernard (1974). How to be your own best friend; a conversation with two psychoanalysts. Jean Owen ([1st U.S. ed.] ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-24333-1. OCLC 1338573.[14]
- Newman, Mildred (2016). How to be awake and alive. Bernard Berkowitz. New York, NY: Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-399-59037-5. OCLC 953848210.[15]
- Newman, Mildred (1977). How to take charge of your life. Bernard Berkowitz (1st ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 0-15-142192-7. OCLC 2907334.[16]
References
[edit source]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Farber, Stephen; Green, Marc (1993). Hollywood on the couch : a candid look at the overheated love affair between psychiatrists and moviemakers. Internet Archive. New York : W. Morrow. ISBN 978-0-87795-998-4.
- 1 2 3 Berman, Susan (1977-07-03). "Of marriages and families". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 276. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- 1 2 Oliver, Myrna (2001-11-13). "Obituary for Mildred Rubenstein Newman (Aged 81)". The Los Angeles Times. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- 1 2 3 Saxon, Wolfgang (November 9, 2001). "Mildred R. Newman, 81, Psychologist and Popular Author". The New York Times.
- 1 2 3 Weisberg, Jessica (2018-04-14). "The reason Americans are obsessed with advice". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ↑ "obituaries". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. 2001-11-12. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ↑ MacCulloch, M. J., and Michael P. Feldman. "Aversion therapy in management of 43 homosexuals." British medical journal 2.5552 (1967): 594.
- ↑ Bancroft, John. "Aversion therapy of homosexuality: A pilot study of 10 cases." The British Journal of Psychiatry 115.529 (1969): 1417-1431.
- ↑ Davison, Kate. "Cold War Pavlov: Homosexual aversion therapy in the 1960s." History of the Human Sciences 34.1 (2021): 89-119.
- ↑ Winecoff, Charles (1996). Split image : the life of Anthony Perkins. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. ISBN 0-525-94064-2. OCLC 34281870.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Harris, Mark (2021). Mike Nichols : a life. New York. ISBN 978-0-399-56224-2. OCLC 1152495536.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ Blinn, Johna (1978-01-04). "Psychologists' specials: chicken and shrimp". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 21. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ↑ Anthologized in
- Strean, Herbert S. (1970). New approaches in child guidance. Internet Archive. Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press. pp. 300–313. ISBN 978-0-8108-0330-5.
- ↑ Reviews
- Schwartz, Harry (1973-10-13). "Books of The Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- Hodel, John (1974-06-25). "'Shrinks' tell 'how to be your own best friend'". The Raleigh Register. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ↑ Reviews
- "Books of The Times". The New York Times. 1975-07-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- Fisher, John (1975-08-31). "A way to adopt real life". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 91. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ↑ Reviews
- Lewin, Leonard C. (1977-09-04). "Me First". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- Winston, Iris (1977-08-08). "Accounting time". Edmonton Journal. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- Lawson, Herman (1977-07-17). "How to take charge of your life". Daily Press. p. 131. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
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