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# Marguerite Sechehaye

(1887–1964)   Psychologist

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Marguerite Sechehaye was a psychologist.

## Quick Facts About Marguerite Sechehaye

Born September 27, 1887

Died June 1, 1964

Profession Psychologist

## About Marguerite Sechehaye

psychotherapist (1887-1964)... \| Marguerite A. Sechehaye was a Swiss psychotherapist. A pioneer in the psychoanalytic treatment of people with schizophrenia, she developed the symbolic realization method for treating psychotic patients. The approach was rooted in psychoanalytic and existential theory.

##  Quotes by Marguerite Sechehaye

> [“For me, madness was definitely not a condition of illness; I did not believe that I was ill. It was rather a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marguerite-sechehaye/for-me-madness-was-definitely-not-a-condition-of-illness-i-did-not/)

[Marguerite Sechehaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marguerite-sechehaye/)

[Electric light](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electric-light/)

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> [“During the earliest attacks of Fear and intense unreality, I sometimes uttered these unconscious and shocking words: 'I should prefer to escape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marguerite-sechehaye/during-the-earliest-attacks-of-fear-and-intense-unreality-i-sometimes/)

[Marguerite Sechehaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marguerite-sechehaye/)

[Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/)

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