Windholz papers
SFCP.MSS.004
Finding aid prepared by Greg Borman, Chris Gordon, and Eric Rosen
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
444 Natoma St.
San Francisco, California, 94103
(415) 563-4477
chris.gordon@sf-cp.org
Title: Windholz papers
Identifier/Call Number: SFCP.MSS.004
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
34.0 Linear feet
63 cartons
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1960-1986
Date (inclusive): 1940s-1980s
Abstract: The Windholz papers consist of notes, patient sessions, discussions with analysts, manuscripts and reprints authored by him,
manuscripts and reprints collected and inscribed to him, transcripts of graduate student seminars, administrative papers and
miscellaneous documents. The materials in the collection span the dates 1942 to 1986 and provide an overview of work done
on consensual analysis by Windholz and his contemporaries.
creator:
Berliner, Hildegard
creator:
Cliggett, Don
creator:
Gill, Merton M. (Merton Max), 1914-1994
creator:
Hermanns, Ludger M.
creator:
Horowitz, Marty
creator:
Mages, Norman
creator:
Renik, Owen
creator:
Schupak, Mel
creator:
Skolnikoff, Alan, 1932-2016
creator:
Wallerstein, Robert S.
creator:
Weiss, Jules, 1928-2013
creator:
Windholz, Emanuel, 1903-1986
Conditions governing access
For use by researchers and students of psychoanalysis subject to archive rules and regulations.
Conditions governing use
Subject to copyright restrictions.
Preferred citation
'The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis Archives' Record Unit/Accession # and/or Collection Title.
Biographical note
Emanuel Windholz was born on March 13, 1903 in Hronec, Czechoslovakia. He was the youngest of five children in a Jewish family.
His father, Pinkus Windholz, owned a grocery store in the village of Hronec. Emanuel was recognized as a bright child. At
age seven, he was sent away from home to get his education attending Catholic schools. While still in the Gymnasium, Windholz
began reading Freud. He completed his basic education in Kremnika, Slovakia on July 10, 1920 and took one course at Masaryk
University Medical School in Brno, Czechoslovakia. He then went on to attend Charles University in Prague, where he studied
medicine from 1921-26.
In the summer of 1930, Windholz went to Berlin to study psychoanalysis. After the Nazi takeover in 1933, he was told by Moshe
Wulff and Ernst Simmel that he should return to Prague and begin practicing psychoanalysis. He did so, opening a private practice
and began seeing patients, despite having had only six months of formal training.
In October 1933, the Czecho-Slovakian Study Group was formed. Windholz was President of the Prague Psychoanalytic Study Group
from 1936-39. The translation project came to fruition in 1936 when Freud's Psychoanalytical History of Illness was published.
When Germany invaded Czechoslovakia the following year, the remaining members of the Study Group who had not already emigrated
finalized their plans to leave Europe. Windholz, taking with him the Prague Psychoanalytic Study Group Library, emigrated
to San Francisco with his wife, a woman he married so that she would be able to escape to Czechoslovakia from Germany in 1933.
When the couple first arrived in San Francisco, they stayed with Otto and Anna Maenchen in Berkeley. In order to be licensed
as a doctor in the United States, Windholz had to re-train, and completed a medical internship at Mt. Zion Hospital from 1939-40.
In 1942, the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society was established. The charter members were William Barrett, Bernhard Berliner,
Otto Fenichel, George Gero, Bernard Kamm, Jasha Kasanin, Donald Macfarlane, Douglass Orr, Ernst Simmel, and Emanuel Windholz.
Windholz had a higher profile and wielded more power than any other analyst in the Institute. He trained many analysts and
promoted them into positions within the organization of the Institute.
Windholz was very active in Institute politics. He was the Society's second President from 1944-1946, was appointed Training
Analyst in 1946, and was elected President of the Institute from 1956-58. He was Chairman of the Education Committee from
1947-56, and on the Committee on Progression and Graduation from 1960-66. He was also on the Research Team with the Psychotherapy
Evaluation and Study Center of SFPI&S. With the American Psychoanalytic Association, Windholz was Chairman of the Membership
Committee from 1948-51, member of the Executive Council from 1951-57, and again from 1960-64. He was Chairman of the Study
Group on Supervision from 1964-70, and was also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic
Association from 1955-63.
Windholz's later papers on psychoanalytic supervision were on a subject he called "Consensual Analysis." Consensual Analysis
involved two analysts who agreed to observe an analysis. In Consensual Analysis, the treating analyst saw his patient four
times a week and wrote extensive notes on the patient hours. These were then passed on to Windholz. The treating analyst would
then go to see Windholz once a week to ‘brief’ Windholz on the analysis. Unlike in classical supervision, however, Windholz
from beginning to end made no comments. These meetings were recorded, transcribed and were later compared to the analyst's
written reports in a seminar led by Windholz and the treating analyst.
On May 20th 1986, at the age of 83, Emanuel Windholz died. He was survived by two children, Suzanne, born in 1941, and Michael,
born in 1947.
Sources Consulted:
Benveniste, D. (1994). Emanuel Windholz: The institute builder. Unpublished mss.
Scope and contents
The Windholz papers include notes written by him and contemporaries on consensual analysis and patients, a large collection
of patient session transcripts and transcripts of discussions between him and contemporary analysts, manuscripts and reprints
authored by him, manuscripts and reprints collected by and inscribed to him, correspondence, transcripts of seminar discussions
for graduate students, administrative papers, and a small miscellaneous section with consensual and non-consensual analysis
case studies, psychological tests, manuscripts and correspondence in German, biographical information and work written by
his son, Michael Windholz.
The materials in the collection span the years 1942 to 1986 and feature work done by Windholz and his contemporaries. The
vast majority of the collection is dedicated to his work on consensual analysis. Most material is arranged by date and primarily
spans the dates 1960 to 1986. The vast majority of hand written patient and consensual analysis notes are undated and organized
by series only. Notes on consensual analysis are organized by patient, process, analyst, seminar and general notes. Notes
have been organized by date and author where that information exists but are largely unsigned and undated. Discussions, patient
sessions, and process notes focus primarily on the patient analysis and consensual work done by Drs. Don Cliggett, Alan Skolnikoff,
Mel Schupak, Jules Weiss and Norman Mages along with the subsequent discussions with Windholz. Patient sessions are organized
by date and patient and dialogues are organized by the doctor or doctors speaking with Windholz. Where dialogs have listed
a reference to a patient, those dialogs have been included in the patient sessions series.
Arrangement note
The collection has been arranged in the following series: Consensual Analysis, Windholz Manuscripts, Correspondence, Dialogues
with Doctors, Windholz Reprints, Patient Sessions, Supervision by Other Doctors, and Miscellaneous.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Analysands
Correspondence
Psychoanalysis -- Case studies
Psychoanalysis--Methodology
Psychoanalysis--Study and teaching
Psychoanalysis--Study and teaching--Supervision
Reprints
Consensual analysis
1968-1985
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
81.0 Folder
Box 1, Folder 1-4, Box 2, Folder 1-4, Box 3, Folder 1-4, Box 4, Folder 1-2
Consensual analysis notes
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
14.0 Folder
Box 4, Folder 3-5, Box 5, Folder 1-5, Box 6, Folder 1-5, Box 7, Folder 1-5, Box 8, Folder 1-4
Consensual analysis for students (seminar)
10/8/1976-9/13/1985 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
22.0 Folder
Box 8, Folder 5, Box 9, Folder 1-5, Box 10, Folder 1-5, Box 11, Folder 1-5
Consensual analysis case summaries/patient notes
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
16.0 Folder
Box 12, Folder 1-2
Consensual analysis seminar notes
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Box 12, Folder 3-6
Consensual analysis analyst notes
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 Folder
Box 13, Folder 1-3
Consensual analysis supervision notes
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.0 Folder
Box 13, Folder 4
Consensual analysis finances
6/30/1980-12/31/1984 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 13, Folder 5, Box 14, Folder 1
Dr. Norman Mages process notes
8/13/1979-1/18/1983 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Box 14, Folder 2-4
Dr. Alan Skolnikoff process notes
11/12/1976-9/24/1974 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.0 Folder
Box 14, Folder 5, Box 15, Folder 1
Dr. Jules Weiss process notes
10/20/1968-5/1/1973 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Box 15, Folder 2-3
Dr. Mel Schupak process notes
2/20/1980-12/13/1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Box 15, Folder 4
Dr. Don Cliggett process notes
2/15/1969-6/16/1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 15, Folder 5-6, Box 16, Folder 1-3
Unknown analyst process notes
1/1/1976-4/11/1985 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5.0 Folder
Box 16, Folder 4
SFPI Research Study Group
9/1/1971-11/2/1978
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Windholz manuscripts
1948-1969
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
52.0 Folder
Box 16, Folder 5, Box 17, Folder 1-4, Box 18, Folder 1-4, Box 19, Folder 1-4, Box 20, Folder 1-4, Box 21, Folder 1-4, Box 22, Drawer 1-4
Windholz manuscripts
9/13/1948-1/15/1969 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
25.0 Folder
Box 23, Folder 1-4, Box 22, Folder 5, Box 24, Folder 1-5, Box 26, Folder 1-6, Box 25, Folder 1-5, Box 28, Folder 1-2, Box 27, Folder 1-4
Manuscripts collected by Windholz
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
27.0 Folder
Correspondence
1945-1986
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
5.0 Folder
Box 28, Folder 3-5, Box 29, Folder 1
Correspondence
6/4/1945-4/7/1986 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 Folder
Box 29, Folder 2
Miscellaneous correspondence
9/13/1972-10/1/1985 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Dialogues with Doctors
1968-1986
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
59.0 Folder
Box 29, Folder 3
Dr. Jules Weiss dialogues
10/16/1968-11/18/1969
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 29, Folder 4-7, Box 30, Folder 1-4, Box 31, Folder 1-4, Box 32, Folder 1-4, Box 33, Folder 1-4
Dr. Don Cliggett dialogues
6/11/1979-7/5/1985
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
20.0 Folder
Box 33, Folder 5, Box 34, Folder 1-2
Dr. Norman Mages dialogues
8/13/1979-1/31/1984
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.0 Folder
Box 34, Folder 3-5, Box 35, Folder 1-5, Box 36, Folder 1-5, Box 37, Folder 1-5, Box 38, Folder 1-5, Box 39, Folder 1-2
Dr. Alan Skolnikoff dialogues
12/27/1976-5/11/1986 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
25.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 4
Drs. Cliggett, Skolnikoff, and Levinger dialogues
5/16/1980
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 3
Dr. Mel Schupack dialogues
4/11/1980-9/27/1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 5-6
Dr. Owen Renik dialogues
11/6/1978-6/4/1979 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 7
Drs. Cliggett and Skolnikoff dialogues
1/3/1980-3/19/1980
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 8
Dr. Merton Gill dialogues
4/16/1969
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 9
Drs. Hermanns and Berliner dialouges
2/8/1985
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 10
Drs. Arlow, Cliggett, Wallerstein, and Weiss dialogues
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 11
Dr. Marty Horowitz dialogues
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 39, Folder 12
Unknown doctor dialogues
4/7/1982-5/13/1982
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Windholz reprints
1942-1980
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.0 Folder
Box 40, Folder 1
Reprints by Windholz
1942-1971
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 40, Folder 2-3
Reprints inscribed to Windholz
10/4/1948-12/26/1980
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Patient Sessions
1961-1984
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
104.0 Folder
Box 40, Folder 4-6, Box 41, Folder 1-5, Box 42, Folder 1-5, Box 43, Folder 1-5, Box 44, Folder 1-5
Anna patient sessions
12/4/1979-4/19/1984
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
23.0 Folder
Box 45, Folder 1-5, Box 46, Folder 1-5, Box 47, Folder 1-2
M.B. patient sessions
12/27/1976-10/28/1983 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
12.0 Folder
Box 47, Folder 3-5, Box 48, Folder 1-5, Box 49, Folder 1-4, Box 50, Folder 1-5, Box 51, Folder 1-5, Box 52, Folder 1-5, Box 53, Folder 1-5, Box 54, Folder 1
Miss J. patient sessions
1/24/1980-2/1/1983
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
33.0 Folder
Box 54, Folder 2
Mr. S patient sessions
10/2/1968-5/7/1969
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 54, Folder 3-5, Box 55, Folder 1-5, Box 56, Folder 1-5, Box 57, Folder 1-5
Mrs. M patient sessions
4/8/1970-11/6/1976 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
18.0 Folder
Box 58, Folder 1-3
R. patient sessions
11/12/1976-5/13/1985 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.0 Folder
Box 58, Folder 4
J.K. patient sessions
12/18/1961-2/8/1963
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 58, Folder 5
Ralph S. patient sessions
9/16/1969-2/4/1970 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 58, Folder 6
Mr. C.T. patient sessions
July 1976-1/27/1977
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 58, Folder 7, Box 59, Folder 1-3
Patient S. patient sessions
7/27/1979-12/3/1979
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 Folder
Box 59, Folder 4-6, Box 60, Folder 1-4
Unknown patient sessions
9/22/1979-6/9/1980 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
7.0 Folder
Supervision by other Doctors
1960-1962
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Box 60, Folder 5
Dr. Sylvester supervision
6/13/1960-11/10/1961
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 60, Folder 6
Dr. Gill supervision
2/20/1961-9/8/1962
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Miscellaneous
1976-1980
Physical Description:
10.0 Folder
Box 60, Folder 7
Pschological testing
10/8/1976-10/22/1976 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 61, Folder 1-2
Manuscripts and letters in German (oversized)
Language of Material:
German
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Box 62, Folder 1-2
Non-Consensual Analysis case studies (oversized)
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 Folder
Box 63, Folder 1
Case studies
4/7/1980-Sept. 1980 and undated
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 63, Folder 2-4
Biographical notes
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.0 Folder
Box 63, Folder 5
Michael Windholz
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
Box 63, Folder 6
Non-Consensual Analysis notes
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.0 Folder
