Margaret Brenman-Gibson (1918–2004)[1][2] was an American psychologist, among the first to use of hypnosis in the treatment of neurosis resulting from war and related areas.
[3] She was the first non-physician to receive full clinical and research psychoanalytic training in America.
[4] In 1982 she was one of the first women to receive a Harvard professorship[5] as Clinical Professor of Psychology.
[8][9] She was the only female psychotherapist[10] on the staff at the Austen Riggs Center[11] and was recognized[12] as a notable member of staff at the organization's centenary anniversary,[13] playing a key role in the organization's establishment as a leading psychiatric hospital and treatment center.
[15] She was married to the playwright William Gibson from 1940 until her death in 2004.