Clinical Paradigms of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott

Jan Abram is a training and supervising analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society in private practice in London. She is the author of 'The Language of Winnicott' (awarded Outstanding Academic Book of the Year; 2nd edition 2007) and editor of 'Donald Winnicott Today' (nominee for a Gradiva Award, 2013). She is currently visiting professor University College London. Her forthcoming book is a collection of her clinical papers, 'The Surviving Object'. R.D. Hinshelwood is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, and currently holds the post of Professor of Psychoanalysis at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and previously was Clinical Director of the Cassel Hospital in Richmond. He is a past Chair of the Association of Therapeutic Communities. Professor Hinshelwood has written extensively on psychoanalysis and founded the 'International Journal of Therapeutic Communities' (now 'Therapeutic Communities') in 1980 and the 'British Journal of Psychotherapy' in 1984.

"This is an important and innovative book for all modern psychoanalysts; lucidly written, it compares and contrasts the work of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott with a lively dialogue between Abram and Hinshelwood. This throws new light on the work of both these major psychoanalytical figures, deepening our understanding of them and the interaction between them. The authors highlight the very contrasting ways in which Klein and Winnicott developed theoretically moving on from Freud in studying early development. This was despite Klein’s great influence on Winnicott. A future classic I found it hard to put down."-Nick Temple, Training Analyst and former President of the British Psychoanalytical Society; Former CEO, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust"This book is really exceptional due to the highly original formula of a dialogue between two renowned scholars on Klein and Winnicott. Each voice speaks out of conviction and identity with their respective author and there is something very truthful in the exchange, due to the personal and direct style of the dialogue that retains a scientific approach. Following each dialogue the reader is captured time and again and challenged to reconsider previous understandings. The published discussions have much the same effect as the direct dialogue had during the Warsaw conference, when people were most impressed to see that it was possible to have a true scientific and clinical exchange on such radically different psychoanalytic schools of thought. The book will certainly contribute to the culture of ‘hot’ psychoanalytic discussions."-Anna Czownicka, Ph.D., Training Analyst and former President of the Polish Psychoanalytical Society

• Preface Notes on Authors Biographical Notes and ChronologiesMelanie Klein (1882 – 1960)Donald Winnicott (1896 – 1971) INTRODUCTION PART ONE – BASIC PRINCIPLES Chapter One – Melanie Klein – Bob Hinshelwood Chapter Two – Donald Winnicott – Jan Abram SUMMARYDIALOGUEPART TWO – EARLY PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT Chapter Three – The Kleinian baby – Bob Hinshelwood Chapter Four – The Winnicottian babies – Jan Abram SUMMARYDIALOGUEPART THREE – THE ROLE OF THE EXTERNAL OBJECT Chapter Five – Anxiety and phantasy – Bob Hinshelwood Chapter Six – The environment-individual set up – Jan Abram SUMMARYDIALOGUEPART FOUR – THE PSYCHOANALYTIC CONCEPT OF PSYCHIC PAIN Chapter Seven – Melanie Klein and internal anxiety – Bob Hinshelwood Chapter Eight – Donald Winnicott’s view of aggression – Jan Abram SUMMARYDIALOGUEPART FIVE – PRACTICE AND THEORY Chapter Nine – Whose Reality? Whose Experience? - Bob Hinshelwood Chapter Ten – Holding and the Mutative Interpretation - Jan Abram SUMMARYDIALOGUEAPPENDIX – Myths and misperceptions GLOSSARY FURTHER READING AFTERWORDReferences