Anna Freud, Melanie Klein and the Psychoanalysis of Children and Adolescents: Applications, Settings and Controversies (Paperback)

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The central theme of the book is concerned with a clear differentiation between child analysis proper and analytical child psychotherapy, and a detailed account of the controversies on technique between Anna Freud and Melanie Klein in the 1920s and 1930s. It takes into account the historical background against which child psychoanalysis developed, especially World War II and the Nazi regime in Germany. The author also looks at the way child analysis developed in specific institutions, such as The Hampstead Child Therapy Course in London, and in specific areas such as the spread of child analysis in the US. The concluding chapter is on the importance of knowledge of child analysis among analysts working with adults. The differences in the theories of the two "greats" in child analysis, Anna Freud and Melanie Klein, are examined one by one, including such concepts as the role of transference, the Oedipus complex and the superego.

About the Author

Alex Holder trained as a child analyst in London at the Anna Freud Centre and as a psychoanalyst for adults at the British Psychoanalytical Society. He is a member, training analyst and supervisor of the German Psychoanalytical Association and the former head of the Department for Analytic Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy at the Michael Balint Institute in Hamburg and Editor of the Bulletin of the European Psychoanalytical Federation. For the last few years, he has been Editor of International Psychoanalysis, the News Magazine of the International Psychoanalytical Association.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Karnac Books (July 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855753758
• ISBN-13: 978-1855753754
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,078,072 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)