Adele was born in Berlin, the family emigrating to the UK in 1939.
After leaving school Adele studied the sciences, graduating in chemistry, physics and pure mathematics. She then worked full time but continued her studies, obtaining a Masters Degree in organic chemistry. She initially worked as a scientist in the food industry, and later for the Medical Research Council in the field of nutrition. In the 1960s Adele became intrigued by psychotherapy and retrained, first in individual then in group analysis. During her years of training she taught maths in comprehensive schools.
For over three decades Adele has worked as a training analyst and supervisor for the BAP (British Association of Psychotherapists) and the LCP (London Centre for Psychotherapy). She is still active as a training group analyst in London and in Germany.
As well as publishing articles in Group Analysis she contributed several chapters to The Practice of Group Analysis (edited by Jeff Roberts and Malcolm Pines), and to The Third Eye: Supervision of Analytic Groups (edited by Meg Sharpe). She has lectured abroad and given papers at a number of symposia.
In 2001 she gave the annual Foulkes Lecture of the Group-Analytic Society (London) entitled Our Place in the World of Science.
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