Margaret mahler biography hungarian psychoanalyst margaret schonberger mahler was born in a jewish family in 1897 after completing high school she went to vaci utcai gimnazium. Margaret mahler a biography of the psychoanalyst its absolutely delicious to experience a psychoanalysts analysis of a world renowned pioneer in psychoanalysisdr bond explores the depths of the strong yet troubled woman inside of the great dr margaret mahler. Reviews the book margaret mahler a biography of the psychoanalyst by alma halbert bond see record 2008 07778 000 this psychobiography tells an evocative tale of the late margaret mahlers embattled difficult yet highly productive life mahler was a developmental researcher and a psychoanalyst. Margaret mahler was from a young age intrigued by the theories of sigmund freud and hungarian psychoanalysts such as sandor ferenzci with whom she became acquainted while a student in budapest forced to flee europe and rising anti semitism margaret and her husband paul came to the united states in 1938