Narrative of a Child Analysis: the Conduct of the Psycho-analysis of Children as Seen in the Treatment of a Ten-year-old Boy: No 55 (International Psycho-Analysis Library) - Hardcover

Klein, Melanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701201355 ISBN 13: 9780701201357

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1975

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"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)

Book Description

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701201355
• ISBN 13: 9780701201357
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 536