How will the child’s psychoanalysis affect his relationship with his parents? Will his neurosis return if the child remains in the old neurotic environment? These are just two of the many questions answered in her book by the British psychoanalyst Melanie Klein (1882-1960), one of the most prominent figures in the world of psychoanalysis, who created her own psychotherapeutic school.
How will the child’s psychoanalysis affect his relationship with his parents? Will his neurosis return if the child remains in the old neurotic environment? These are just two of the many questions answered in her book by the British psychoanalyst Melanie Klein (1882-1960), one of the most prominent figures in the world of psychoanalysis, who created her own psychotherapeutic school. She developed the original theory of child psychoanalysis at a time when it was thought that this method was generally unsuitable for working with children. Especially for these purposes, Melanie Klein invented a special psychoanalytic technique of play, considering children’s play as an analogue of a dream that opens access to the unconscious. Many of Melanie Klein’s theoretical propositions are still the subject of fierce debate among psychoanalysts.
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