Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein by Hanna Segal

Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein by Hanna Segal

A most lucid and comprehensive introduction to Kleinian theories from one of the leading contemporary Kleinian analysts, including new chapters on her early work and on technique. This is a reprint of a revised and enlarged edition, where Dr Segal has added important new chapters on Melanie Klein's early work and on technique, as well as a complete chronological list of her publications.

This is a reprint of a revised and enlarged edition of the most lucid and comprehensive study of Melanie Klein's writingsDr Segal has added important new chapters on Melanie Klein's early work and on technique, as well as a complete chronological list of her publications.

Hanna Segal was born in Poland in August 1918 and studied medicine in Warsaw and Paris before qualifying at the Polish Medical School in Edinburgh in 1943. She became a psychoanalyst four years later, having trained under Melanie Klein, with Paula Heimann and Joan Riviere as her first supervisors. Dr Segal then qualified in child analysis and afterwards became a training analyst in the British Psychoanalytical Society in 1951-52. She also served as President of the British Society and Vice-President of the International Psychoanalytical Association. She was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatry, and was also Visiting Professor of the Freud Memorial Chair, University College, London. Her publications include 'Klein' (1979), 'The Work of Hanna Segal' (1981), 'Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein' (1988) and 'Dream, Phantasy and Art' (1990).

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Title	Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein
Author	Hanna Segal
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1988-12-31
Number of pages	168
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