Messenger Between East and West: Erna Hoch, Martin Heidegger and the beginnings of Daseinanalysis: Part 2

Abstract

A little-known figure in the history of therapeutic daseinanalysis is the Swiss psychiatrist Erna Hoch (1919-2003). This, the first part of a two- part paper, recounts Hoch’s life, most of which was spent in India introducing modern psychiatry there, her relationship with Medard Boss and her understanding of Heidegger’s thought as the basis of the daseinanalytic approach to the treatment of troubled individuals.