Melanie Klein: The Paranoid-Schizoid and Depressive Position

Who’s afraid of Melanie Klein? Well, hopefully not you after this episode. We talk about Melanie Klein’s ideas surrounding the life and death instinct, the paranoid-schizoid position, and depressive position.

This is the audio version from the YouTube video, which I recommend watching for helpful graphics here: ⁠https://youtu.be/DnT8o1DF0VE⁠

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RESOURCES mentioned Klein’s Biography: https://melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/timeline/ Object Relations Theory: https://youtu.be/Qt1bNJR5cp8?si=LQIO23ZC81QOSYU- Psychoanalysis of Dwight Schrute: https://youtu.be/Xjbzbe0ubqU?si=fFxDeioffbWzP3Im Kleinian case study: https://aeon.co/essays/my-dismal-years-in-psychoanalysis-with-melanie-kleins-disciple

LITERATURE Klein, Melanie: “Love, Guilt, and Reparation and other works 1921-1945” Klein, Melanie: “Envy and Gratitude” Segal, Hanna: “Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein” Mitchell, Stephen A.; Black, Margaret J.: Freud and Beyond. Guntrip, Harry: Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy, and the Self.