Irma Brenman Pick (13 April 1934 – 3 August 2023) was a South African-born British psychologist and psychoanalyst known for her work on countertransference.
But she chose to continue her education to the university level when she was encouraged to do so by the woman who interviewed her prior to entering the nursery teaching training program.
Later, Brenman Pick attended the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and academically excelled in her chosen major, social science.
[2][4][5] Brenman Pick joined the Tavistock Clinic to train as a child psychotherapist when she moved to London with her first husband in 1955.
[2] Throughout her years of practice, she was influenced by the work of Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion, and Herbert Rosenfeld.