A Meltzer Reader
Selections from the Writings of Donald Meltzer
Edited by Meg Harris Williams
Paperback (Published)
(May 2018)
ISBN: 9781912567249
5.94 x 9.06 inches
Price: $33.00
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An introduction to the psychoanalytic writings of Donald Meltzer on clinical work, the family, and philosophy of symbol formation. Each chapter is introduced by a different practitioner.
Donald Meltzer was a distinguished psychoanalyst and one of Klein’s most productive and prominent analysands. He was a very influential teacher internationally and an extraordinary practitioner and theorist as well. He codified Kleinian technique, was innovative in the treatment of autistic children, and was the foremost metapsychologist for Klein’s and Bion’s works. Of his many outstanding contributions, The Apprehension of Beauty, which he co-authored with Meg Harris Williams, heralded a new age in psychoanalysis by providing its aesthetic perspective in relation to that of infant development.
About the contributors Foreword by Meg Harris Williams 1. Psychoanalysis as a human activity introduced by Kenneth Sanders 2. Dream Life: the generative theatre of meaning introduced by Miriam Botbol 3.Temperature and distance introduced by Neil Maizels 4. A psychoanalytical model of the child-in-thefamily-in-the-community introduced by Martina Campart 5. Money-Kyrle's concept of misconception introduced by Lars Thorgaard and Jon Morgan Stokkeland 6. The delusion of clarity of insight introduced by Tomas Plankers 7. Tyranny introduced by Irene Freeden 8. Dimensionality, adhesive identification, splitting introduced by Renata Li Causi 9. The impact of Bion's ideas introduced by Meg Harris Williams 10. Aesthetic conflict introduced by Lennart Ramberg 11. On Bion's Grid-later thoughts introduced by Robert Oelsner 12. Sign, symbol and allegory introduced by Grete Tangen Andersen, Morten Andersen, Trond Holm, Jon Morgan Stokkeland, Lilian Stokkeland, Eirik Tjessem 13. Some personal statements On his analysis with Melanie Klein; Invention and discovery; The thinking breast; Religion and psychoanalysis; The principles of child psychotherapy training; The nature of supervision; Countertransference and "showing it"; Observation and counterdreaming; Good luck Meltzer's books and concepts References Index,
About the contributors
Foreword by Meg Harris Williams
1. Psychoanalysis as a human activity
introduced by Kenneth Sanders
2. Dream Life: the generative theatre of meaning
introduced by Miriam Botbol
3.Temperature and distance
introduced by Neil Maizels
4. A psychoanalytical model of the child-in-thefamily-in-the-community
introduced by Martina Campart
5. Money-Kyrle’s concept of misconception
introduced by Lars Thorgaard and Jon Morgan Stokkeland
6. The delusion of clarity of insight
introduced by Tomas Plänkers
7. Tyranny
introduced by Irene Freeden
8. Dimensionality, adhesive identification, splitting
introduced by Renata Li Causi
9. The impact of Bion’s ideas
introduced by Meg Harris Williams
10. Aesthetic conflict
introduced by Lennart Ramberg
11. On Bion’s Grid—later thoughts
introduced by Robert Oelsner
12. Sign, symbol and allegory
introduced by Grete Tangen Andersen, Morten Andersen, Trond Holm, Jon Morgan Stokkeland, Lilian Stokkeland, Eirik Tjessem
13. Some personal statements
On his analysis with Melanie Klein; Invention and discovery; The thinking breast; Religion and psychoanalysis; The principles of child psychotherapy training; The nature of supervision; Countertransference and “showing it”; Observation and counterdreaming; Good luck
Meltzer’s books and concepts
References
Index
- Edited by Meg Harris Williams
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