Stein, Ruth

Ruth Stein (1947 - 2010) was an Austrian-Israeli psychoanalyst. Alongside maintaining a private practice, she was an Associate Professor at the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University, a member of the IARPP Advisory Council and latterly of their Editorial Board. She edited the US 'International Journal of Psychoanalysis' and served as Associate Editor of 'Psychoanalytic Dialogues'. She published a great number of influential papers and books including the acclaimed 'For the Love of a Father: A Psychoanalytic Study of Religious Terrorism' (2010).