Psychoanalysis Arena

The New Dictionary of Kleinian Thought

• By Elizabeth Bott Spillius, Jane Milton, Penelope Garvey, Cyril Couve and Deborah Steiner.

Published March 2011

The New Dictionary of Kleinian Thought provides a comprehensive and wholly accessible exposition of Kleinian ideas. Offering a thorough update of R.D. Hinshelwood’s highly acclaimed original, this book draws on the many developments in the field of Kleinian theory and practice since its publication…
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

• By Hanna Segal.
• Edited by Nicola Abel-Hirsch.

Published July 2007

What is the role of psychoanalysis in today's world? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow presents a selection of papers written by Hanna Segal. The collection introduces the reader to a wide spectrum of insights into psychoanalysis, ranging from current thoughts on the nature of dreaming to new ideas…
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The Concept of Analytic Contact

The Kleinian Approach to Reaching the Hard to Reach Patient

• By Robert Waska.

Published July 2007

The Concept of Analytic Contact presents practitioners with new ways to assist the often severely disturbed patients that come to see them in both private and institutional settings. In this book Robert Waska outlines the use of psychoanalysis as a method of engagement that can be utilised with or…
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Encounters with Melanie Klein

Selected Papers of Elizabeth Spillius

• By Elizabeth Spillius.
• Edited by Priscilla Roth, and Richard Rusbridger.
• Series Edited by Dana Birksted-Breen.

Published June 2007

In Encounters with Melanie Klein: Selected Papers of Elizabeth Spillius the author argues that her two professions, anthropology and psychoanalysis, have much in common, and explains how her background in anthropology led her on to a profound involvement in psychoanalysis and her establishment as a…
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Recovery of the Lost Good Object

• By Eric Brenman.
• Edited by Gigliola Fornari Spoto.

Published September 2006

Recovery of the Lost Good Object brings together the hugely influential papers and seminars of Eric Brenman, revealing his impact on the development of psychoanalysis and allowing a better understanding of his distinctive voice amongst post-Kleinian analysts. Gathered together for the first time in…
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The Danger of Change

The Kleinian Approach with Patients Who Experience Progress as Trauma

• By Robert Waska.

Published March 2006

Confusing clinical standoffs, loyalty to self-destruction and abrupt terminations are challenging and under-examined problems for the modern psychoanalytic practitioner. The Danger of Change is a timely book that addresses the so-called resistant patient so many clinicians are familiar with.…
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Other Banalities

Melanie Klein Revisited

• Edited by Jon Mills.

Published February 2006

Melanie Klein is one of the few analysts whose body of work has inspired sociologists, philosophers, religious scholars, literary critics and political theorists, all attracted to the cross-fertilisation of her ideas. Other Banalities represents a long over-due exploration of her legacy, including…
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Real People, Real Problems, Real Solutions

The Kleinian Psychoanalytic Approach with Difficult Patients

• By Robert Waska.

Published January 2005

Real People, Real Problems, Real Solutions offers a clear introduction to psychoanalytic practice from a Kleinian perspective and shows how the modern Kleinian works with the most taxing and least conforming of their patients.Illustrated by extensive case material this book:*reviews Freud's…
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Projective Identification in the Clinical Setting

A Kleinian Interpretation

• By Robert Waska.

Published November 2003

How do Kleinians work with projective identification?The concept of projective identification, first introduced by Melanie Klein in 1946, has been widely studied by psychoanalysts of different persuasions. However, these explorations have neglected to show what Kleinians actually do with the…
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A Mind of One's Own

A Psychoanalytic View of Self and Object

• By Robert A. Caper.

Published November 1998

This collection of papers, written over the last six years by Robert Caper, focuses on the importance of distinguishing self from object in psychological development. Robert Caper demonstrates the importance this psychological disentanglement plays in the therapeutic effect of psychoanalysis. In…
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