Anna Terruwe
Anna Terruwe was born on August 19, 1911. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Anna Terruwe
Anna Alberdina Antoinette Terruwe (19 August 1911 – 28 April 2004) was a Dutch Catholic psychiatrist. She discovered emotional deprivation disorder and how obsessive–compulsive disorder could be healed: the "bevestigingsleer," the idea of "affirmation". Terruwe based her work on that of Thomas Aquinas and "the relevance of Thomistic rational psychology to neurosis and its treatment." Her work is also based on that of Willem Duynstee who studied Aquinas. Her theories are based on Aquinas's understanding of what he calls the "nature of man".