Description
Book SynopsisThe purpose of the Whurr series in Psychoanalysis edited by Peter Fonagy and Mary Target of University College London, is to publish clinical and research based texts of academic excellence in the field. Each title makes a significant contribution and the series is open-ended. The readership is academic and graduate students in psychoanalysis, together with clinical practitioners, in Europe, North America and indeed worldwide. This book comprises an introduction to major psychoanalytical concepts in Kleinian theory starting with the ideas formulated by Melanie Klein and extending them to those developed by her main followers. There are chapters focusing on the Psychoanalytic play technique, unconscious phantasy, paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions,envy and gratitude, oedipus complex, projective identification, internal objects, symbolisation, models of the mind, containment and transference. Emphasis has been placed on clarity and there is ample illustration of central concepts with clinical examples. Its chapters have been written by leading psychoanalysts: David Bell, Jill Boswell, Ronald Britton, Catalina Bronstein, Marco Chiesa, Betty Joseph, Ruth Riesemberg Malcolm, Hanna Segal, Elizabeth Bott Spillius, Priscilla Roth and Jane Temperley. The book will be useful to students of Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychoanalysis as well as to specialists who want to consolidate their knowledge.
Table of ContentsSeries foreword by Peter Fonagy and Mary Target vii
Acknowledgements ix
List of contributors xi
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 Melanie Klein: beginnings 1
Catalina Bronstein
Chapter 2 Freud and Klein on the concept of phantasy 17
Elizabeth Bott Spillius
Chapter 3 The paranoid-schizoid position 32
Priscilla Roth
Chapter 4 The depressive position 47
Jane Temperley
Chapter 5 Beyond the depressive position: Ps (n +1) 63
Ronald Britton
Chapter 6 The Oedipus Complex 77
Jill Boswell
Chapter 7 Envy and gratitude 93
Marco Chiesa
Chapters 8 What are internal objects? 108
Catalina Bronstein
Chapter 9 Projective identification 125
David Bell
Chapter 10 Symbolization 148
Hanna Segal
Chapter 11 Changing models of the mind 157
Hanna Segal
Chapter 12 Bion’s theory of containment 165
Ruth Riesenberg-Malcolm
Chapter 13 Transference 181
Betty Joseph
References 193
Index 203
