{"product_id":"melanie-klein-in-berlin-claudia-frank-9780415484978","title":"Melanie Klein in Berlin: Her First Psychoanalyses of Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book Claudia Frank discusses how Melanie Klein began to develop her psychoanalysis of children. \u003cem\u003eMelanie\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eKlein in Berlin: Her First Psychoanalyses of Children\u003c\/em\u003e offers a detailed comparative analysis of both published and unpublished material from the Melanie Klein Archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy using previously unpublished studies, Frank demonstrates how Klein enriched the concept of negative transference and laid the basis for the innovations on both technique and theory that eventually led not only to changes in child analysis, but also to changes in the analysis of adults. Frank also uncovers the influence that this had on Klein's later theories of the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, and on her understanding of psychotic anxieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first seven chapters in the book provide an explanation of the essence of Klein's approach to child psychoanalysis covering topics including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe inevitability and usefulness of negative transference\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edevelopment of play\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eearly conscious and unconscious phantasies. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart two provides a translation of Klein's unpublished notes on the treatments of four of the children she analysed in Berlin: 7-year-old Grete, 2-year-old Rita, 7-year-old Inge and 6-year-old Erna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMelanie Klein in Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e is the first text to make extensive use of Klein's unpublished papers, clinical notes, diaries and manuscripts. It will appeal to anyone involved in child psychoanalysis and the development of Melanie Klein's thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415484979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415484978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.50w x 1.30d","brand":"Claudia Frank","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621722796287,"sku":"9780415484978","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/melanie-klein-in-berlin-claudia-frank-9780415484978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}