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Narrative of a Child Analysis

The Conduct of the Psycho-analysis of Children as Seen in the Treatment of a Ten Year Old Boy

Melanie Klein author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:6th Aug '98

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This hugely influential volume from the pioneering Klein is a key text in the development of psychoanalysis.

Melanie Klein gives a detailed account of the analysis of a ten year old boy, Richard. Klein describes the day to day course of the analysis interpreting Richard`s drawing, play, verbal associations and reports of dreams.

Melanie Klein gives a detailed account of the analysis of a ten year old boy, Richard. Klein describes the day to day course of the analysis interpreting Richard`s drawing, play, verbal associations and reports of dreams. Also included is the reproduction of the drawings made by the patient, the analysis of which is elaborated in this text.

This fascinating and deeply instructive case study shows the fluctuations which characterise a psycho-analysis and reveals the dynamics of the steps which eventually lead to progress in treatment.

In a series of notes accompanying the clinical description, Melanie Klein comments upon the clinical material, linking the actual instances to more theoretical conclusions. In doing so, she has provided an invaluable guide to the technique of psycho-analysing children.

Klein's ideas about children, along with her many innovations in adult therapy, placed her in the top ranks of a group of 20th-century psychoanalysts who pioneered the study of early childhood psychology * Boston Globe *
[A] seminal psychoanalytic thinker * New York Times *

ISBN: 9780099752714

Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 363g

528 pages