Tina Keller-Jenny (born June 17, 1887 in Schwanden,

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, died October 25, 1985 in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...

) was a Swiss physician and Jungian

psychotherapist Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome prob ...

who witnessed firsthand the development of analytical psychology during its formative years.

Biography

Tina Keller was the daughter of Swiss industrialist Conrad Jenny, and grew up at the Jenny-Castle, in Thalwil, Switzerland. In 1912 she married the theologian

Adolf Keller Adolf Keller (February 1872 – 10 February 1963) was a Swiss Protestant theologian, professor and Secretary-General of the European Central Office for Ecclesiastical Aid. Born in Rüdlingen, the son of Johann Georg Keller and ...

and was mother of five children. Tina Keller completed many years of analysis with C.G.Jung and

Toni Wolff Toni Anna Wolff (18 September 1888 – 21 March 1953) was a Swiss Jungian analyst and a close collaborator of Carl Jung. During her analytic career Wolff published relatively little under her own name, but she helped Jung identify, define, and na ...

(1915–1928), who discovered movement as active imagination. She completed medical school in 1931, and practiced as a psychiatrist and Jungian-oriented psychotherapist. She was one of the first women in Switzerland to found a psychiatric Jungian practice. Keller-Jenny was one of the pioneers in integrating analysis with body-based approaches such as movement and dance, which has since become a major element in the field of body-sensitive analysis. A Therapy largely unknown until the 1950s when rediscovered by Marian Chace and therapist Mary Whitehouse. Whitehouse later became a

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r and dance teacher having studied with

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and Mary Wigma. After the death of her husband Adolf Keller in 1963, Tina Keller worked in a

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together with

Trudi Schoop Trudi Schoop (October 9, 1904 – July 14, 1999) was a Swiss dancer who pioneered the treatment of mental illness with dance therapy. Life and work Born in Switzerland, the daughter of the editor of the Swiss newspaper ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung ...

. Schoop was a dance therapist, dancer and

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. Back in Switzerland, she was asked to speak on the 10th anniversary of C.G.Jung death. She was by then the last surviving collaborators of C.G.Jung's early years. Until her old age, Tina Keller made therapies, including her grandnephew and painter

Daniel Garbade Daniel Garbade (born 1957) is a Swiss painter, illustrator, art director, property master, and publisher. Born in Switzerland from Swiss-Cuban origins, Garbade is the grand-nephew of Adrien Lachenal, great-grandchild of Cuban sculptor Fernando Hey ...

. She wrote books and theses, and died 98 years old in 1985 in Geneva.1. ''Obituary, Tina Keller-Jenny''. ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung''. Nr. 250, October 28, 1985, page 41.

Literature

* Tina Keller & Wendy K. Swan: ''The memoir of Tina Keller-Jenny. A Lifelong Confrontation with the Psychology of C. G. Jung.'' Spring Journal Books, New Orleans 2009, , OCL
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* Tina Keller'', Aus meinen Erinnerungen an C. G. Jung.'' Bircher Benner, Erlenbach 1980. * Tina Keller, ''Zur Psyche der Frau.'' Classen, Zurich 1955. * ''Tina Keller, Das Ja zu sich selber.'' Bircher Benner, Erlenbach 1980. * Marianne Jehle-Wildberger: ''C. G. Jung und Adolf Keller. Über Theologie und Psychologie. Briefe und Gespräche.'' Theologischer Verlag, Zürich 2014, , OCL
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Sonu Shamdasani Sonu Shamdasani (born 1962) is a London-based author, editor in chief, and professor at University College London. His research and writings focus on Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961), and cover the history of psychiatry and psychology from the mi ...

: ''Introduction to Jungian Psychology.'' Princeton University Press, Princeton 2012. * ''Schweizerisches medizinisches Jahrbuch.'' Schwabe, Basel 1980.

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