In 1925 Burlingham, heiress to the Tiffany luxury jewellery retailer, had arrived in Vienna from New York with her four children and entered analysis firstly with Theodore Reik and then, with a view to training in child analysis, with Freud himself.
En 1925 Burlingham, herdeira da tenda de xoias de luxo Tiffany chegara a Viena dende Nova York cos seus catro fillos e comezou coa análise en primeiro lugar con Theodore Reik e logo, con vistas ao adestramento en análise infantil, coa propia Freud.