Christiana Morgan

ABOUT CHRISTIANA MORGAN

Harvard psychoanalyst who helped to develop the Thematic Apperception Test, a psychological instrument that uses pictures to reveal a person's core needs. She is also known for her lengthy love affair with fellow psychologist Henry Murray.

During the 1918 flu outbreak, she worked in New York City as a nurse.

She was a painter as well as a psychologist, and her artwork was featured prominently in the Thematic Apperception Test.

She married William Morgan in 1919. They had a son, Thomas.

Her hypnosis sessions with psychiatrist Carl Jung inspired her to begin work on the Thematic Apperception Test.