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Melanie Klein

Also Known As Melanie Reizes (birth name)
Clinical Psychology

Melanie Klein (1882-1960) was an Austrian-British psychoanalyst known for her work in child analysis, regarded as the primary figure in the development of object relations theory. Her work focused on the role of ambivalence and moral ambiguity in human development, and through her play technique with young children she originated the concepts of splitting, the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, and projective identification. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1882-03-30 1
Birth Year
1882 1
Death Date
1960-09-22 1
Death Year
1960 1
Birthplace
Vienna, Austria-Hungary 1
Death Place
London, England 1
Nationality / Culture
Austrian-British 1
Defining Contribution
Originated object relations theory's core concepts, the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, splitting and projective identification, through pioneering psychoanalytic work with young children. 1
Notable Work
Envy and Gratitude (1957) 1
Connections

Associated With

Donald Winnicott, Psychologists
Source Wikipedia: Object Relations Theory
Projective Identification, Psychological Phenomena

Introduced the concept within psychoanalytic theory.

Held Differently

Ronald Fairbairn, Psychologists
Source Wikipedia: Object Relations Theory

In Branch

Clinical Psychology, Branches of Psychology
Source Wikipedia: Melanie Klein

Schools Founded

Object Relations Theory, Schools and Movements
Source Wikipedia: Melanie Klein
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Melanie Klein
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Introduction
    nee Reizes
  • infobox
    London, England
  • Legacy section
    Melanie Klein's last major work Envy and Gratitude was published in 1957 and is considered the culmination of her theoretical contributions.
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Wikipedia: Object Relations Theory
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Associated With: Ronald Fairbairn, Kleinian object relations theory
    In contrast to Fairbairn and later Guntrip, Klein believed that both good and bad objects are introjected by the infant, the internalization of good objects being essential to the development of healthy ego function.
  • Associated With: Donald Winnicott, History section
    British psychologists Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, and Harry Guntrip extended object relations theory during the 1940s and 1950s.
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