Frieda Fordham
Frieda Fordham (born Winefride Rothwell; 23 February 1903 – 7 January 1988) was a psychiatric social worker, Jungian analyst and writer. Her second husband was the innovative analytical psychologist, Michael Fordham.
Life
Rothwell's initial career as a dancer was cut short when at seventeen she married Percy Campbell Hoyle in 1920. They had two sons. After the marriage ended she studied at the
C. G. Jung.[5]
She was also responsible for the famous opening words of the long-running BBC Home Service children's radio programme, Listen with Mother - "Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin."[6] After a decade of failing health, she died early in 1988.[7] She was buried in Old Jordans in Buckinghamshire, England.[8]
Publications
- An Introduction to Jung's Psychology. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd. 1953 ISBN 978-0-14-020273-1
- "The care of regressed patients and the child archetype". J. Anal. Psychol. 9, 1. 1964
- "Some views on individuation". J. Anal. Psychol. 14, 1. 1969
References
- ^ Frieda Fordham, obituary in The Independent, 21 January 1988
- .
- ISBN 978-1-134664542.
- PMID 3528104.
- ^ Frieda Fordham; Michael S.M. Fordham. "Carl Jung". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Wellcome Library Western Manuscripts and Archives catalogue". Archives.wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2012. However the phrase has been attributed to an ad lib by broadcaster Julia Lang in January 1950
- ^ Frieda Fordham - obituary, The Times, 18 January 1988
- ^ Find a Grave: Burial site in Buckinghamshire
Further reading
- PMID 3528104.
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