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Grouped List of Discussed Theorists in the WA Corpus v2.8
(Datenstand: V2.0 vom September 2026)
The following list organizes all theorists treated in the WA Corpus (as of September 2026) by subject area and documents their central concepts as well as the associated WA documents. Theorists who appear in several subject areas are listed in full in the primary chapter; in secondary chapters a cross-reference appears ("see Chap. X"). An alphabetical index at the end enables searching across all chapters.
1. Dissociation Research & Structural Dissociation
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre Janet | Narrowing of the field of consciousness (*rétrécissement du champ de conscience*), desintegration, dissociation as primary defense mechanism, fixed idea, bifactorial disposition | WAA-010, WAA-020, WAA-025, WAE-037, WAZ-015, WAG-900 |
| Onno van der Hart, Ellert Nijenhuis, Kathy Steele | Theory of structural dissociation (Type 1, ANP, EP), primary, secondary, tertiary dissociation, *The Haunted Self* (2006) | WAA-010, WAG-005, WAG-010, WAG-900, WAT-171, WAS-50, WAS-65, WAS-68 |
| Vedat Şar | Functional Dissociation of the Self (sociocognitive model), sociological Self vs, psychological Self, trauma self, symptomatic self, dissociative depression, Dialectical-Dynamic Therapy (DDT) | WAA-160, WAA-161, WAE-440, WAG-150, WAZ-015, WAZ-016 |
| Richard Kluft | DID models, host alter, four-factor theory, iatrogenic DID, *The Dissociative Identities* | WAG-020, WAA-006 |
| Colin Ross | DID models, trauma model of dissociation, multiple personality disorder, *The Osiris Complex* | WAG-030, WAA-007 |
| Frank Putnam | Dissociative amnesia, developmental psychopathology of dissociation, traumatic attachment | WAE-014 |
| Elizabeth Howell | Relational DID approach, multiple self-states, enactment | WAT-173 |
| Ernest Hilgard | Hidden observer, neodissociative theory of hypnosis, hidden consciousness | WAS-90 (see also Chap, 8) |
2. Attachment Theory & Developmental Psychology
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| John Bowlby | Attachment theory, secure base, internal working models, defensive exclusion, separation, loss | WAE-400, WAE-013, WAS-68, WAB-93 |
| Mary Ainsworth | Strange Situation, attachment patterns (secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-ambivalent) | WAE-013, WAE-400 |
| Mary Main | Disorganized attachment (Type D), Adult Attachment Interview (AAI), metacognition | WAE-013, WAE-400 |
| Erik H, Erikson | Stage model of psychosocial development, basic trust vs, basic mistrust, identity crisis | WAD-20 |
| Dante Cicchetti | Developmental psychopathology, integrative models of resilience, developmental cascades | WAE-012, WAE-400 |
| Peter Fonagy | Mentalization, Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT), epistemic trust, reflective functioning | WAE-015, WAG-106, WAT-022 |
| Patrick Luyten | Epistemic trust, attachment traumatization, social cognition | WAE-017 |
| Mary-Anne Kate, Graham Jamieson, Warwick Middleton | Parent-Child Dynamics Questionnaire (PCD-Q), protective vs, risk factors (OR 21, 17, 7, 45), structural dissociation, MID-60, MID-20 | WAE-417, WAA-004, WAZ-016 (see also Chap, 8) |
| Karl Heinz Brisch | Attachment traumatization, SAFE mentor, prenatal and postnatal attachment support | WAE-410 (implicit) |
| Daniel Stern | Mental representations (RIGs), generalized interaction representations, self-development in early childhood, intersubjectivity | WAE-230, WAE-240 (see also Chap, 3) |
3. Psychoanalysis, Object Relations & Intersubjectivity
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Sigmund Freud | Drive theory, defense mechanisms, death drive, repression, repetition compulsion | WAA-101 |
| Alfred Adler | Individual psychology, inferiority feeling, compensation, community feeling | WAA-102, WAA-103 |
| Carl Gustav Jung | Archetypes, shadow, individuation, collective unconscious | WAA-104, WAA-105 |
| Melanie Klein | Object relations theory, splitting, projective identification, depressive position | WAE-210, WAG-100 |
| Ronald Fairbairn | Internalization of the rejecting object, object-relational splitting | WAE-210 |
| Donald Winnicott | True and false self, transitional object, good-enough mother, holding environment | WAG-101, WAE-210, WAE-212, WAE-220, WAZ-015 |
| Wilfred Bion | Containment, alpha function, thinking, reverie | WAE-215, WAB-90 |
| Thomas Ogden | Autistic-contiguous position, early sensory organization | WAE-217 |
| Heinz Kohut | Self psychology, mirroring, idealization, twinship, fragmented, empty self | WAE-220, WAZ-015, WAB-90 |
| Otto Kernberg | Borderline personality organization, narcissistic defense, splitting, identity diffusion | WAG-100, WAG-102 |
| James Masterson | Borderline personality organization, abandonment depression | WAG-104 |
| Jacques Lacan | Mirror stage, autonomous ideal imagos, symbolic order | WAE-320 |
| R, D, Laing | Divided Self (*The Divided Self*), lifeless facade, ontological insecurity | WAE-300, WAZ-015 |
| Ludwig Binswanger | Daseinsanalysis, world-design, existential space-time structure, with-world | WAE-310 |
| Donald Kalsched | Demonic guardians, of the self, inner protective systems in traumatization | WAE-290, WAZ-015 (see also Chap, 12) |
| Daniel Stern, Robert Stolorow | Intersubjectivity, self-development, affective attunement, intersubjective systems | WAE-230, WAE-240 |
| Stephen Mitchell, Lewis Aron | Relational psychoanalysis, enactment, mutuality, selective asymmetry | WAE-250, WAE-251, WAE-252 |
| Philip Bromberg | Multiple self-states, spaces between realities, *Standing in the Spaces* | WAT-172, WAZ-015 (see also Chap, 7) |
| Colwyn Trevarthen | Primary and secondary intersubjectivity, preverbal communication, embodied resonance | WAB-90 |
4. Affective Neuroscience & Neurobiology
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Jaak Panksepp | Seven primary emotion systems (FEAR, SEEKING, CARE, PLAY, RAGE, LUST, PANIC), subcortical affects | WAE-270, WAE-275, WAS-68, WAZ-040 |
| Joseph LeDoux | Fear circuit, two-way processing of fear (thalamus → amygdala, thalamus → cortex → amygdala), conditioned fear | WAE-275, WAS-50 |
| Antonio Damasio | Somatic marker hypothesis, interoception, emotion as basis of consciousness | WAE-260, WAS-68, WAZ-040 |
| Allan Schore | Right hemisphere, early attachment trauma, affective dysregulation, neurobiology of attachment | WAS-68, WAB-10, WAZ-040 |
| Stephen Porges | Polyvagal theory, ventral vagus (safety), dorsal vagus (freeze), social engagement system | WAB-10, WAB-93, WAS-68 |
| Karl Friston | Free-energy principle, predictive processing, active inference | WAE-037, WAE-280, WAZ-015 (see also Chap, 9) |
| Lauren Lebois | Triple-network model (CEN, DN, SN), neurobiological signatures of dissociation | WAA-810, WAS-50 |
| Ruth Lanius | Trauma-related Altered States of Consciousness (TRASC), 4-D model, neurobiological trauma research | WAA-810, WAS-50 |
| Paul Frewen | 4-D model (time, thoughts, body, emotion), classification of dissociative experiences | WAA-810 |
| Bessel van der Kolk | *The Body Keeps the Score*, body memory, trauma treatment | WAS-65, WAT-260 (implicit), WAT-105 |
| Pat Ogden | Somatic Experiencing, body-centered trauma therapy, sensory integration | WAT-260 (implicit) (see also Chap, 7) |
| Dan Siegel | Interpersonal neurobiology, mindsight, integration of the self | WAS-68 (implicit) (see also Chap, 7) |
5. Existential Philosophy & Ethics
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Søren Kierkegaard | Knight of faith, knight of hope, loyalty, absurdity, leap of faith, existential choice | WAX-30 (see also Chap, 10) |
| Hans Jonas | Imperative of responsibility, asymmetrical care, responsibility for future generations | WAX-40 |
| Hannah Arendt | Banality of evil, systemic failure, Eichmann trial | WAX-50 |
| Viktor Frankl | Meaning in suffering, logotherapy, existential meaning-making, saying yes to life nonetheless | WAX-60 |
| Clara Mucci | Forgiveness, attachment, neurobiology, *embodied witnessing*, intergenerational transmission | WAE-430, WAX-70 |
| Immanuel Kant | Categorical imperative, dignity of the human being, end in itself | WAU-10 (implicit) |
| Emmanuel Levinas | Face of the other, asymmetrical responsibility, ethical primacy of the other | WAU-10, WAU-15 |
| Franz Ruppert | Identity-oriented psychotrauma therapy (IoPT), trauma and identity | WAG-015 |
| Henri Nouwen | Spiritual accompaniment, active endurance, patience as attitude | WAT-105 |
| Judith Herman | *Trauma and Recovery*, repetition of trauma in relationships, complex PTSD | WAT-105 |
6. Sociocognitive & Intercultural Perspectives
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Vedat Şar & Erdinç Öztürk | Functional Dissociation of the Self, sociological Self, psychological Self, trauma self | WAA-160, WAZ-016 (see also Chap, 1) |
| Martin J, Dorahy | Shame compromise formation, shame as self-conscious emotion, humiliation, interpersonal context of shame | WAZ-016, WAD-25 |
| Susan Farrelly | Clinical perspective on dissociation, paranoia, shame, expression and life | WAZ-016, WAD-25 |
| Yochai Ataria | Phenomenological self-dimensions (minimal self, ownership, agency, sense of self), ownership-agency tradeoff model | WAA-810, WAG-011 |
| Jennifer Freyd | Betrayal Trauma Theory, dissociative amnesia as protection against attachment trauma | WAD-25 |
7. Therapy & Treatment
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Marsha Linehan | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), emotional dysregulation model, skills training | WAG-105 |
| Kathy Steele | Phase-oriented treatment of structural dissociation, stabilization, confrontation, integration | WAT-171 |
| Philip Bromberg | Multiple self-states, spaces between realities | WAT-172 (see also Chap, 3) |
| Katharina Drexler | Systematic therapeutic approaches in transgenerational trauma | WAT-270 |
| Pat Ogden | Somatic Experiencing, body-centered trauma therapy | WAT-260 (implicit) (see also Chap, 4) |
| Dan Siegel | Interpersonal neurobiology, mindsight, integration | WAS-68 (implicit) (see also Chap, 4) |
| Bessel van der Kolk | Body keeps the score, trauma treatment | WAS-65, WAT-260 (implicit) (see also Chap, 4) |
| Leslie Ellis | Polyvagal theory in practice, holding presence, neuroception of safety | WAT-105 |
| Jeremy Holmes | Attachment theory and psychotherapy, secure base in the therapeutic relationship | WAT-105 |
8. Psychometrics & Diagnostics
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Mary-Anne Kate | Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID-60, MID-20), Parent-Child Dynamics Questionnaire (PCD-Q) | WAA-004, WAE-417, WAZ-016 (see also Chap, 2) |
| Ernest Hilgard | Hidden observer, neodissociative theory of hypnosis | WAS-90 (see also Chap, 1) |
| Dietmar Friedmann, Klaus Fritz, Werner Winkler | Integrative learning-type psychography (ILP), psychographic typology | WAA-070, WAA-072 |
| Fritz Riemann | Four basic forms of fear, schizoid, depressive, compulsive, hysterical | WAA-072 |
9. Control Theory & Systems Theory
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Carver & Michael Scheier | Control theory of self-regulation, feedback loops, goal pursuit | WAE-285 |
| Karl Friston | Free-energy principle, predictive processing, active inference | WAE-037, WAE-280 (see also Chap, 4) |
| Gregory Bateson | Double bind, cybernetic epistemology, schismogenesis | WAE-420, WAA-101 |
| Niklas Luhmann | Systems theory, social systems, autopoiesis | WAS-96 (implicit) |
10. Philosophy & Hermeneutics
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Søren Kierkegaard | Knight of hope, loyalty, absurdity, leap of faith | WAX-30 (see also Chap, 5) |
| Hans-Georg Gadamer | Hermeneutics, understanding as dialogical process, fusion of horizons | WAD-80 |
| Maurice Merleau-Ponty | Phenomenology of perception, bodiliness, embodied self | WAS-65, WAB-70 |
| Edmund Husserl | Phenomenology of inner time-consciousness, retention, primal impression, protention | WAA-810, WAZ-050 |
| Martin Heidegger | Dasein, thrownness, care, being-toward-death | WAD-80 (implicit) |
| Paul Ricœur | Narrative identity, time and narrative, hermeneutic phenomenology | WAU-61 (see also Chap, 11) |
11. Dialogical Philosophy & Recognition
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Buber | I-Thou relationship, dialogical existence, encounter, the absent Thou, foundation of the I-Usted relationship | WAU-20, WAU-21 |
| Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel | Recognition, master-slave dialectic, reciprocal vs, non-reciprocal recognition | WAU-60 |
| Axel Honneth | Recognition theory, struggle for recognition, spheres of recognition | WAU-60 |
| Paul Ricœur | Gift as recognition without reciprocity, narrative identity | WAU-61 (see also Chap, 10) |
| Jacques Derrida | Deconstruction, gift, hospitality, unreserved recognition | WAU-61 |
| Emmanuel Levinas | Face of the other, asymmetrical responsibility | WAU-15 (see also Chap, 5) |
| Franz Fanon, Aníbal Quijano, Enrique Dussel | Decolonial perspectives, ethics of the oppressed, liberation philosophy | WAU-75 (implicit) |
| Judith Butler | Queer perspective, recognition beyond identity, gender performativity | WAU-77 |
| Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | Postcolonial feminist critique, subalternity | WAU-75 (implicit) |
12. Other Relevant Theorists (implicit, indirect, or mentioned)
| Theorist | Core Concepts | WA Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Gabbard | Psychodynamic differential diagnostics, narcissism, borderline, dissociation | WAG-112 |
| John Gunderson | Borderline personality disorder according to DSM, demarcation from dissociation | WAG-103 |
| George Brown | High *expressed emotion* (EE) as family climate, relapse risk in mental disorders | WAE-420 |
| Theodore Lidz | Marital schism, pseudomutuality, dysfunctional family communication | WAE-420 |
| Salberg & Grand | Psychoanalytic models of transgenerational trauma transmission, relational witnessing | WAE-420 |
| Döll-Hentschker | Transgenerational shame, transmission of shame in families | WAE-420 |
| Donald Kalsched | Demonic guardians, of the self, inner protective systems in traumatization | WAE-290, WAZ-015 (see also Chap, 3) |
| Jennifer Freyd | Betrayal Trauma Theory | WAD-25 (see also Chap, 6) |
| Bessel van der Kolk | Body memory, trauma treatment | WAS-65, WAT-260 (implicit) (see also Chap, 4) |
| Clara Mucci | Forgiveness, embodied witnessing, intergenerational transmission | WAE-430, WAX-70 (see also Chap, 5) |
Alphabetical Index
The numbers refer to the chapter numbers of this list.
Statistical Overview of Discussed Theorists
| Subject Area | First-Listed/Listed Theorists | Central WB Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| 1, Dissociation research & structural dissociation | 10, 10 | WB_01, WB_02, WB_05, WB_06, WB_13, WB_14, WB_16 |
| 2, Attachment theory & developmental psychology | 12, 12 | WB_05, WB_06, WB_08, WB_13, WB_14 |
| 3, Psychoanalysis, object relations & intersubjectivity | 20, 20 | WB_03, WB_05, WB_08, WB_13, WB_16 |
| 4, Affective neuroscience & neurobiology | 10, 10 | WB_05, WB_08, WB_15, WB_18 |
| 5, Existential philosophy & ethics | 10, 10 | WB_06, WB_10, WB_13 |
| 6, Sociocognitive & intercultural perspectives | 5, 5 | WB_10, WB_13, WB_15, WB_16 |
| 7, Therapy & treatment | 4, 8 | WB_04, WB_05, WB_14 |
| 8, Psychometrics & diagnostics | 4, 4 | WB_03, WB_06, WB_15, WB_18 |
| 9, Control theory & systems theory | 4, 4 | WB_03, WB_05, WB_06 |
| 10, Philosophy & hermeneutics | 5, 5 | WB_05, WB_08, WB_10, WB_15, WB_18 |
| 11, Dialogical philosophy & recognition | 9, 9 | WB_17 |
| 12, Other relevant theorists | 8, 8 | WB_04, WB_05, WB_06, WB_10, WB_13, WB_16 |
| Total | 101, 105 | – |