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The Kleinian Development derives from lectures delivered at the Institute of Psychoanalysis, London, and the Tavistock Clinic (1965–78). It is divided into three volumes that examine, in turn, the writings of Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein, and Wilfred Bion.
| Author | Donald Meltzer |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781912567546 |
| Format | Paperback, e-Book, Print & e-Book |
| Page Extent | 172 |
| Publication Date | October 2018 |
| Subject Areas | Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Theory |
Meltzer describes the series of lectures on Freud, Klein and Bion known as The Kleinian Development as both a quest for personal integration into some kind of ‘combined internal psychoanalytic object’, under whose aegis he personally could aspire to work, and as a vademecum for students. They were originally delivered to students at the Institute and at the Tavistock, specifically with the aim of demonstrating the logical development of that line of psychoanalytic practice. Seeking for this logical development reveals ‘an unfolding of method, leading to discovery of new realms of phenomena, generating in turn new models of the mind, which then modify method, etc.’
Richard Week-by-Week represents a unique and innovative approach to teaching the insights and techniques of Kleinian psychoanalysis, with Mrs Klein herself as teacher and learner at the same time. The Narrative of a Child Analysis offers a unique opportunity to watch Mrs Klein at work in the whitehot environment of the play-consulting room, pushing the boundaries of her conceptual tools whilst remaining acutely sensitive to the needs and sensibilities of the child and the transference emotions which are always at the forefront of her attention.
Meltzer’s own love and admiration for Mrs Klein shines throughout his critique of the Richard story, making this probably his most personal and passionate book, a tribute to both his own analyst and to the analytic process.
Foreword
Meg Harris Williams
Introduction and required reading
1. First week: sessions 1–6
Establishing the analytic situation; evolution of the concepts paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions
2. Second week: sessions 7–12
The developmental role of the thirst for knowledge
3. Third week: sessions 13–18
Envy and Gratitude as the organizing postscript to the body of Melanie Klein’s theoretical work 19
4. Fourth week: sessions 10–24
Unconscious phantasies as mechanisms of defence, with special reference to obsessional mechanisms
5. Fifth week: sessions 25–29
The anxieties of the paranoid-schizoid position: paranoid anxiety, persecutory anxiety, persecutory depression
6. Sixth week: sessions 30–33
The development of the concept of reparation: true, manic, and mock reparation
7. Seventh week: sessions 34–39
Concepts of confusion – their absence in the work with Richard and its consequence
8. Eighth week: sessions 40–45
The phenomenology of hypochondria: its differentiation from psychosomatic phenomena or somatic delusions
9. Ninth week: sessions 46–52
Splitting and idealization: its role in development and its defects’ contribution to psychopathology
10. Tenth week: sessions 53–59
The composition of intolerance to frustration – review of the ten weeks’ work
11. Eleventh week: sessions 60–65
The clinical manifestations of splitting processes and the structural meaning of integration, with
special relevance to the concept of ambivalence
12. Twelfth week: sessions 66–71
The role of interpretation in the therapeutic process
13. Thirteenth week: sessions 72–77
The relation of ambivalence to the experience of depressive pain
14. Fourteenth week: sessions 78–83
Technical problems related to countertransference
15. Fifteenth week: sessions 84–89
The concept of the combined object and its impact on development
16. Sixteenth week: sessions 90–93
The achievements of the analysis, with special reference to dependence on internal objects
Appendix: The paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions
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Debbie Hindle, Organising tutor, Scottish Institute of Human Relations –
‘Meltzer’s beautifully written text traces a line of development in psychoanalysis from Freud through Abraham to Klein and Bion, focusing on their methods of observation, clinical work and emerging theories. By highlighting points of congruence and difference and significant shifts in understanding, he outlines a continuity of clinical method and thought that has come to be known as the “Kleinian Development”. This text is an invaluable companion to the readings of Freud, Klein and Bion for all students of psychoanalysis, for clinicians and for all those interested in the development of psychoanalytic thinking.’
Grete Tangen Andersen, Morten Andersen, Jon Morgan Stokkeland, Lilian Stokkeland, Eirik Tjessem (The Meltzer Study Group, Stavanger, Norway) –
‘In Part 2, a week-by-week account of Klein’s “Narrative of a Child Analysis”, her clinical notes provide a rare opportunity to get very close to the clinical process. Meltzer throws new light on this material and shows the development in Kleinian and post-Kleinian thinking through the oscillations between clinical observations and model-making.’
Kate Carling, Consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist, Oxford –
‘In these books as in his talks Meltzer offers the benefit of his observational skill and sometimes startling intuitions. For clinicians, whether students of the psychoanalytic method or experienced practitioners, this work provides a source of enlightenment which will become increasingly satisfying the more it is read.’