Peter Fonagy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Fonagy

British psychoanalyst & psychologist

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1952

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Profession: psychologist, university teacher, psychoanalyst

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Peter Fonagy, (born August 14 1952) is a Hungarian-born British psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist.
He studied clinical psychology at University College London.
He is Professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science and Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London, Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Centre, a training and supervising analyst in the British Psycho-Analytical Society in child and adult analysis, a Fellow of the British Academy, the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the Academy of Social Sciences and a registrant of the BPC. His clinical interests centre on issues of borderline psychopathology, violence and early attachment relationships.
His work attempts to integrate empirical research with psychoanalytic theory.
He has published over 500 papers, 270 chapters and has authored 19 and edited 17 books.Fonagy was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to psychoanalysis and clinical psychology and received the Wiley Prize of the British Academy for Lifetime Achievements