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Melanie Klein Trust HomeTimeline BarMarriage of Moriz Reizes and Libussa DeutchMelanie Reizes born in ViennaDeath of her elder sister, SidonieDeath of her father, Melanie 18 yrsEngagement to Arthur KleinJones founds London Psycho-Analytical SocietyDeath of loved elder brother, EmanuelItemPublication of ‘Narrative of a Child AnalysisPublication of ‘Envy and Gratitude’Foundation of The Melanie Klein TrustPublication of ‘Developments in PsychoanalysisPublication of ‘Contributions to PsychoanalysisThe Controversial DiscussionsAnalysis of ‘Richard’ and return to LondonMoves to Pitlochry, Scotland because of the warFreud moves to LondonPublication of ‘Love Hate and Reparation’ with Joan RiviereBirth of first grandchild, MichaelDeath of her son Hans, aged 27Publication of ‘The Psychoanalysis of Children’Elected to membership of British Psy...Moves to EnglandDeath of Karl Abraham after a short illnessVisits London to give series of lectures on treatment of childrenMeets Alix StracheyFirst IPA congress paper on ‘The tec...Final separation from Arthur KleinMelitta marries Walter SchmidebergBegins analysis with Karl AbrahamBirth of son, HansFamily moves to Budapest 1st paper publishedDeath of Melanie KleinReads Freud's paper ‘Uber den Tram’Marries Arthur KleinBirth of daughter, MelittaBirth of son, ErichDeath of her mother, LibussaBegins analysis with Sandor FerenziFirst paper to the Budapest Psycho...Husband, Arthur, moves to SwedenMoves to BerlinMembership of the Berlin Psychoan

 



     
     

    Melanie Klein 1882 - 1960
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'The power of love - which is the manifestation of the forces which tend to preserve life - is there in the baby as well as the destructive impulses, and finds its first fundamental expression in the baby’s attachment to his mother’s breast which develops into love for her as a person. My psycho-analytic work has convinced me that when in the baby’s mind the conflicts between love and hate arise, and the fears of losing the loved one become active, a very important step is made in development. These feelings of guilt and distress now
enter as a new element in the emotion of love'.
  

Love, Guilt and Reparation
(1937), p.311.

 

 

 

 

Melanie Klein became famous as a pioneering child psychoanalyst whose work from the 1920s until her death in 1960 shed vivid new light on the emotional life of infants and children.
Born in Austria in 1882, she moved to Britain in 1926 and soon became a controversial but powerful presence in the British Psychoanalytical Society, in London. Together with a group of brilliant students (including Hanna Segal, Wilfred Bion and Herbert Rosenfeld) she did pathbreaking work in the understanding and treatment of narcissistic disorders and the psychoses. Since her death Melanie Klein's ideas have been further developed by those she taught or influenced, in many parts of the world.

   

 

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