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Melanie Klein

british Austrian born psychoanalyst (1882–1960)

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Melanie Klein was a British-Austrian psychoanalyst who lived from 1882 to 1960 and made important contributions to how we understand the human mind, particularly in the area of child psychology. Her work has influenced modern psychotherapy and our understanding of how early childhood experiences shape personality and relationships.

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Born: 1882
Died: 1960
Works: 13

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Contributions to psycho-analysis
New directions in psycho-analysis
Love, guilt and reparation
L' amour et la haine : le besoin de réparation : études psychanalytique
Our adult world and its roots in infancy

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Born: 30 March 1882
Died: 22 September 1960

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Melanie Klein (/klaɪn/; German: [klaɪn]; née Reizes; 30 March 1882 – 22 September 1960) was an Austrian-British author and psychoanalyst known for her work in child analysis. She was the primary figure in the development of object relations theory. Klein's work primarily focused on the role of ambivalence and moral ambiguity in human development. Klein suggested that pre-verbal existential anxiety in infancy catalyzed the formation of the unconscious, which resulted in the unconscious splitting of the world into good and bad idealizations. In her theory, how the child resolves that split depends on the constitution of the child and the character of nurturing the child experiences. The quality of resolution can inform the presence, absence, and/or type of distresses a person experiences later in life.

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