Who The Hell is Melanie Klein?
And What Are Her Theories On Psychology All About?
Lucy Etherington
Chapter 1: Klein's Life Story
Chapter 2: Influences on Klein's Thinking
Chapter 3: Splitting. Looks at Klein's theory on a primary defence mechanism that occurs from birth and continues to operate throughout life, focuses on objects both internally and externally. It is one of the cornerstones of Kleinian analysis and psychoanalysis in general.
Chapter 4: Projective Identification Projective Identification is one of the key concepts of the psychoanalytical relationship (Self and Other) and has been described as the single most important phenomenon in individual psychotherapy. This chapter discusses Klein's theory in detail as well as its role in widening the notion of counter-transference.
Chapter 5: The Depressive Position. Covers Klein's theories on a child's developmental stages: the Depressive Position and the Paranoid-Schizoid Position, as well as her controversial thoughts on Freud's Oedipal Complex and how this plays out.
Chapter 6: Case Study of a Young Boy. Explores one of Klein's case studies in detail, demonstrating the way that she worked, her interpretations in action, and how they affected the child both during and after analysis.
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About The Author
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Lucy Etherington is a published writer and journalist with a BA in English and Drama from Goldsmith's University, London, and a BSc in Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling. She lives in Suffolk with her family and continues to research and write alongside running a private clinical practice as a psychotherapist.