Otto Allen Will Jr. (April 26, 1910 – November 17, 1993[1]) was a U.S. psychiatrist whose work in psychoanalysis focused on treatment of patients with schizophrenia[2] using intensive psychotherapy.
[4] Will received his medical degree from Stanford University, School of Medicine.
After his residency and service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he received post-doctorate training at Washington School of Psychiatry and the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.
Through this training he joined the Interpersonal psychoanalysis movement founded by Harry Stack Sullivan, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, and others.
From Chestnut Lodge, he was hired as Medical Director for the Austen Riggs Center.