Karen Horney

The defiant voice who challenged the patriarchal foundations of the early clinic, Horney replaced "penis envy" with the much more grounded reality of "basic anxiety." She argued that our neuroses are the protective shells we build against a world that feels "hostile, cold, and indifferent." She is the pioneer of the "Real Self," the one who believed that the goal of therapy is not to fit into society, but to liberate the authentic spirit from the tyranny of the "Shoulds." She is the advocate for the self-made soul, the one who proved that the mind is not destiny.