Paula Heimann

Paula Heimann
Paula Heimann in 1952
Born(1899-02-02)2 February 1899
Died22 October 1982(1982-10-22) (aged 83)
NationalityGerman
Alma materHeidelberg University
Known forEstablishing the importance of countertransference in psychoanalysis
SpouseFranz Heimann (m. 1924 – 1933)
ChildrenMirza (b. 1925)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry, psychoanalysis
Thesis Über atypische Eisenreaktionen bei progressiver Paralyse ("On atypical iron reactions in progressive paralysis")  (1925)

Paula Heimann (née Klatzko; 2 February 1899 – 22 October 1982) was a German psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, who established the phenomenon of countertransference as an important tool of psychoanalytic treatment.