This lecture will demonstrate the various ways in which Dr. Marianne Goldberger was a pioneer in psychoanalysis. The paper will draw on multiple sources of data: Dr. Holmes’ experiences as Marianne's supervisee, student, mentee, collaborator in writing, and friend; a review of commemorations of Marianne upon her death, and reflections on a sampling of Dr. Goldberg’s scholarship. She boldly and clearly taught us to think about, challenge and change uniformity when it stifles creativity and expansion in our conceptualizations and practices. Marianne Goldberger's innovations could not be more valuable today, a time in which authoritarian tendencies seek to confine us to rigid and unquestioned conventionality in society in general, and often in psychoanalysis.
