Noach, Ilse (1908–1998)
Noach, Ilse (1908–1998)
Austrian psychoanalyst. Name variations: Ilse Hellman (also seen as Hellmann); (pseudonym) Ursula. Born Ilse Hellman, Sept 28, 1908, in Vienna, Austria; died Dec 3, 1998; during WWII, mother and brother died in German concentration camps; m. Arnold "Nol" Noach (Dutch art historian, died 1976).
A child development expert, studied with Charlotte Bühler at University of Vienna (1935–37); also studied at Institute of PsychoAnalysis in London (1942–45), then trained analysts (1952–78); in Paris, worked in a home for young offenders (1931–32) and took psychology courses at the Sorbonne (1931); later worked at a child assessment center in Paris(1933–35); lectured in psychology at University of Vienna (1935–37); employed at Parents' Association Institute in London (1937–39); at the Home Office, worked with child evacuees (1939–41); worked at Anna Freud's war nurseries (1941–45); was a psychologist at Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham's Hampstead Clinic (1945–92); published From War Babies to Grandmothers: Forty-eight Years in Psychoanalysis (1990); was interested in the practice of simultaneous analysis of mother and child, entailing 2 different analysts for each and 1 coordinator to synthesize the information.