death_date death_place birth_place influences name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name
14 april 2010 saint-rémy de provence , france piotrków trybunalski , poland mariella mehr katharina rutschky alice miller 12 january 1923 psychology , psychohistory alice miller -lrb- psychologist -rrb- . jpg alice miller -lrb- psychologist -rrb-
 alicja englard
alice miller -lrb- psychologist -rrb-

alice miller , `` née '' alicija englard -lrb- 12 january 1923 -- 14 april 2010 -rrb- , was a swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst of polish-jewish origin , who is noted for her books on parental child abuse , translated into several languages .
her book `` the drama of the gifted child '' caused a sensation and became an international bestseller with the english publication in 1981 .
her views on the consequences of child abuse became highly influential .
in her books she departed from psychoanalysis , charging it with being similar to the poisonous pedagogies .
