Overview
Part I introduces Melanie Klein in the context of her life, her early interest in psychoanalysis and her first discoveries; Part II takes up the development of her technique of child analysis and discusses the ways in which her insights and conclusions in this area influenced the technique of adult analysis and the more general understanding of the human mind; Part III focuses on further scientific and clinical developments in psychoanalytic technique û especially those referring to the understanding and treatment of serious emotional disturbance, e.g. psychosis or affective disorders; Part IV focuses on contemporary developments in Kleinian and post-Kleinian psychoanalysis, considering clinical, cultural, and socio-political applications. .
- | Author: Robert D. Hinshelwood, Tomasz Fortuna
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Nov 07, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 194 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1138667056
- | ISBN-13: 9781138667051
