Kleinian school
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The Kleinian school is a psychoanalytic tradition based on Melanie Klein’s theories, emphasizing early object relations, unconscious phantasy, and the inner world of the infant.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
psychoanalytic school
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theoretical orientation in psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
depressive position
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internal good and bad objects ⓘ object relations theory ⓘ paranoid-schizoid position ⓘ projective identification ⓘ unconscious phantasy ⓘ |
| basedOn | theories of Melanie Klein ⓘ |
| clinicalFocus |
early developmental disturbances
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psychosis ⓘ severe personality disorders ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Anna Freudian school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | involved in the Controversial Discussions in the British Psychoanalytical Society ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Freudian psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| differsFrom | classical Freudian drive theory ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
early object relations
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the inner world of the infant ⓘ unconscious phantasy ⓘ |
| field | psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
infantile experience
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internal objects ⓘ primitive mental states ⓘ |
| givesPriorityTo | object relations over drives ⓘ |
| hasSubtradition | post-Kleinian psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
British object relations school
NERFINISHED
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child psychoanalysis ⓘ contemporary psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| institutionalBase | British Psychoanalytical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Betty Joseph
NERFINISHED
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Hanna Segal NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Rosenfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ John Steiner NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilfred Bion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| methodologicalEmphasis |
detailed analysis of transference
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interpretation of unconscious phantasy in the session ⓘ |
| originatedIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| typicalTechnique |
focus on here-and-now analytic relationship
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frequent interpretations of primitive anxieties ⓘ |
| viewsAnxietyAs | central to early mental life ⓘ |
| viewsInfantAs | having a complex inner world from earliest months ⓘ |
| viewsMindAs | populated by internal objects ⓘ |
| viewsTransferenceAs | expression of current unconscious phantasy ⓘ |
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