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Jun 2024
26m 21s

Melanie Klein: The Paranoid-Schizoid and...

Alina | Psychodynamic Psychology
About this episode

Who's afraid of Melanie Klein? Well, hopefully not you after this episode. We talk about Melanie Klein's ideas surrounding the life and death instinct, the paranoid-schizoid position, and depressive position.

This is the audio version from the YouTube video, which I recommend watching for helpful graphics here: https://youtu.be/DnT8o1DF0VE

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RESOURCES mentioned Klein's Biography: https://melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/timeline/ Object Relations Theory: https://youtu.be/Qt1bNJR5cp8?si=LQIO23ZC81QOSYU- Psychoanalysis of Dwight Schrute: https://youtu.be/Xjbzbe0ubqU?si=fFxDeioffbWzP3Im Kleinian case study: https://aeon.co/essays/my-dismal-years-in-psychoanalysis-with-melanie-kleins-disciple

LITERATURE Klein, Melanie: "Love, Guilt, and Reparation and other works 1921-1945" Klein, Melanie: "Envy and Gratitude" Segal, Hanna: "Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein" Mitchell, Stephen A.; Black, Margaret J.: Freud and Beyond. Guntrip, Harry: Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy, and the Self.

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