The contemporary Kleinians of London

"Currently, the world of therapy is being swept by a huge wave of interest in the great variety of object-relational approaches to psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Leading the field in developing new object-relational approaches to the depths of human suffering are the contemporary Kleinians of London. This group has refined the best of Melanie Klein's contributions to make them always immediately relevant to the verbal and nonverbal dialogue that goes on between the patient and the analyst or analytically oriented psychotherapist."--BOOK JACKET. "The teaching of these contemporary Kleinians has been sought after internationally, and in recent years in the United States there has been mounting interest in and excitement over what they have to offer. This book comprises a set of essays by central members of this group. These essays have been selected not only for their quality and recency but as well for their contributing, in aggregate, a broad view of the concepts, methods, and results of this creative group of fellow workers. An introductory essay by the Editor provides a helpful overview of what is to come in the chapters that follow. Among the authors represented in several places are Hanna Segal and Betty Joseph, the two acknowledged leaders of these contemporary pioneering psychoanalysts."--BOOK JACKET.