Lorna Smith Benjamin (born 1934) is an American psychologist best known for her innovative treatment of patients with personality disorders who have not responded to traditional therapies or medications.
in psychology from Oberlin College in Ohio, and a master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, where she studied under Harry Harlow, working with the baby monkeys in his famous "wire mother" experiments.
[2][3] In 1968 she began work on the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB), a method she invented to categorize personality disorders.
[1] SASB describes human relationships as fitting along two axes: "love-hate," and "enmeshment-differentiation," with the additional dimension of "interpersonal focus.
[1] Benjamin is founder of the Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy Clinic at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute.