Melanie Klein Trust
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Furthering the psychoanalytic theory and technique of Melanie Klein
It's not too late to register for our next online event this Saturday 8 November.
It's the first of a major new series exploring key Kleinian and post-Kleinian concepts, this time with speakers David Bell and Francesca Hume.
Details here: bit.ly/47GRFci
#psychoanalysis #MelanieKleinTrust
It's the first of a major new series exploring key Kleinian and post-Kleinian concepts, this time with speakers David Bell and Francesca Hume.
Details here: bit.ly/47GRFci
#psychoanalysis #MelanieKleinTrust
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It's not too late to register for our next online event this Saturday 8 November.
It's the first of a major new series exploring key Kleinian and post-Kleinian concepts, this time with speakers David Bell and Francesca Hume.
Details here: bit.ly/47GRFci
#psychoanalysis #MelanieKleinTrust
It's the first of a major new series exploring key Kleinian and post-Kleinian concepts, this time with speakers David Bell and Francesca Hume.
Details here: bit.ly/47GRFci
#psychoanalysis #MelanieKleinTrust
📕 Recent publications roundup 📕 These new books will be of interest to those seeking to explore the ideas of Melanie Klein and those who developed her thinking.
Find out more here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/news/recent-...
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
Find out more here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/news/recent-...
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📕 Recent publications roundup 📕 These new books will be of interest to those seeking to explore the ideas of Melanie Klein and those who developed her thinking.
Find out more here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/news/recent-...
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
Find out more here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/news/recent-...
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
For those interested in studying psychoanalysis from a broader perspective, David Bell presents a series of lectures on psychoanalysis and the socio-political world, starting in January 2026.
Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lec...
Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lec...
London Lectures on Psychoanalysis 2026
9-lecture course exploring psychoanalysis led by renowned psychoanalyst Dr David Bell
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October 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For those interested in studying psychoanalysis from a broader perspective, David Bell presents a series of lectures on psychoanalysis and the socio-political world, starting in January 2026.
Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lec...
Find out more and register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-lec...
Join us on Saturday 18 October for an online event focusing on Melanie Klein's groundbreaking work in child analysis.
Free tickets are available for qualified and trainee child psychotherapists. Please let your colleagues and friends know. For details visit bit.ly/4mexdFL
Free tickets are available for qualified and trainee child psychotherapists. Please let your colleagues and friends know. For details visit bit.ly/4mexdFL
October 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Join us on Saturday 18 October for an online event focusing on Melanie Klein's groundbreaking work in child analysis.
Free tickets are available for qualified and trainee child psychotherapists. Please let your colleagues and friends know. For details visit bit.ly/4mexdFL
Free tickets are available for qualified and trainee child psychotherapists. Please let your colleagues and friends know. For details visit bit.ly/4mexdFL
Edna O'Shaughnessy's work was characterised by her clarity of thinking, depth of understanding and her ability to think laterally about complex issues. She conveyed compassion for the anxieties and dilemmas that confront both patient and analyst. Read about her life and work: bit.ly/42Uo1ia
September 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Edna O'Shaughnessy's work was characterised by her clarity of thinking, depth of understanding and her ability to think laterally about complex issues. She conveyed compassion for the anxieties and dilemmas that confront both patient and analyst. Read about her life and work: bit.ly/42Uo1ia
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The IJP Annual Online Conference 2026 will feature four leading psychoanalysts presenting on diverse aspects of violence. Join John Steiner, Giuseppe Civitarese, Cecilia Taiana, and Joshua Durban as they explore violence in its many forms, chaired by Editor-in-Chief Francis Grier on 10 January 2026
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The IJP Annual Online Conference 2026 will feature four leading psychoanalysts presenting on diverse aspects of violence. Join John Steiner, Giuseppe Civitarese, Cecilia Taiana, and Joshua Durban as they explore violence in its many forms, chaired by Editor-in-Chief Francis Grier on 10 January 2026
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“The sacrifice of memory and desire is conducive to the growth of dream-like ‘memory’ which is a part of the experience of psycho-analytical reality”
Wilfred Bion, born this day 8 Sept, 1897
Wilfred Bion, born this day 8 Sept, 1897
September 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“The sacrifice of memory and desire is conducive to the growth of dream-like ‘memory’ which is a part of the experience of psycho-analytical reality”
Wilfred Bion, born this day 8 Sept, 1897
Wilfred Bion, born this day 8 Sept, 1897
The Melanie Klein Trust is very sad to learn of the death of our dear colleague, the pre-eminent psychoanalyst Dr Ron Britton, on 25 August 2025.
Read our tribute here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/news/dr-ron-...
Read our tribute here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/news/dr-ron-...
September 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Melanie Klein Trust is very sad to learn of the death of our dear colleague, the pre-eminent psychoanalyst Dr Ron Britton, on 25 August 2025.
Read our tribute here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/news/dr-ron-...
Read our tribute here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/news/dr-ron-...
Join us for a special online event marking the 100th anniversary of Melanie Klein’s first London lectures.
To mark this centenary, we are offering free tickets to all qualified and trainee child psychotherapists. Find out more here: bit.ly/4mexdFL
To mark this centenary, we are offering free tickets to all qualified and trainee child psychotherapists. Find out more here: bit.ly/4mexdFL
August 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Join us for a special online event marking the 100th anniversary of Melanie Klein’s first London lectures.
To mark this centenary, we are offering free tickets to all qualified and trainee child psychotherapists. Find out more here: bit.ly/4mexdFL
To mark this centenary, we are offering free tickets to all qualified and trainee child psychotherapists. Find out more here: bit.ly/4mexdFL
Our summer newsletter is out! Find out about upcoming events, new content on our website and reflections on 'truth and kindness'.
Read it here: mailchi.mp/melanieklein... and visit our website to sign up for future editions
#MelanieKlein #MelanieKleinTrust #Psychoanalysis #ChildPsychotherapist
Read it here: mailchi.mp/melanieklein... and visit our website to sign up for future editions
#MelanieKlein #MelanieKleinTrust #Psychoanalysis #ChildPsychotherapist
August 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our summer newsletter is out! Find out about upcoming events, new content on our website and reflections on 'truth and kindness'.
Read it here: mailchi.mp/melanieklein... and visit our website to sign up for future editions
#MelanieKlein #MelanieKleinTrust #Psychoanalysis #ChildPsychotherapist
Read it here: mailchi.mp/melanieklein... and visit our website to sign up for future editions
#MelanieKlein #MelanieKleinTrust #Psychoanalysis #ChildPsychotherapist
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✨ We’re delighted to announce that Issue 3 of Volume 106 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis is now available online! Explore the full issue at pep-web.org and learn more about the Journal and subscription options at theijp.org.
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
✨ We’re delighted to announce that Issue 3 of Volume 106 of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis is now available online! Explore the full issue at pep-web.org and learn more about the Journal and subscription options at theijp.org.
Another find from the Melanie Klein archive - some clinical observations from Klein's work with a child patient about 'rivalry and the wish to prove always that one knows better, as a defence against guilt'.
Read the notes, and our archivist's commentary, on our blog klein-archive.tumblr.com
Read the notes, and our archivist's commentary, on our blog klein-archive.tumblr.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Another find from the Melanie Klein archive - some clinical observations from Klein's work with a child patient about 'rivalry and the wish to prove always that one knows better, as a defence against guilt'.
Read the notes, and our archivist's commentary, on our blog klein-archive.tumblr.com
Read the notes, and our archivist's commentary, on our blog klein-archive.tumblr.com
New on the Klein archive blog: a guest post by Margherita Margiotti on Melanie Klein's observations while in hospital after an operation - at once autobiographical and rich in theoretical material.
Visit the blog for extracts and commentary: klein-archive.tumblr.com
Visit the blog for extracts and commentary: klein-archive.tumblr.com
klein-archive.tumblr.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New on the Klein archive blog: a guest post by Margherita Margiotti on Melanie Klein's observations while in hospital after an operation - at once autobiographical and rich in theoretical material.
Visit the blog for extracts and commentary: klein-archive.tumblr.com
Visit the blog for extracts and commentary: klein-archive.tumblr.com
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📢 IJP Open is free to read!
Dive into the current volume of IJP Open Peer Review, explore new ideas, and join the global debate 🧠💬
📖 Read now: buff.ly/u6jBVeg
🔍 Learn how to access: buff.ly/NLKf3hw
Dive into the current volume of IJP Open Peer Review, explore new ideas, and join the global debate 🧠💬
📖 Read now: buff.ly/u6jBVeg
🔍 Learn how to access: buff.ly/NLKf3hw
July 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢 IJP Open is free to read!
Dive into the current volume of IJP Open Peer Review, explore new ideas, and join the global debate 🧠💬
📖 Read now: buff.ly/u6jBVeg
🔍 Learn how to access: buff.ly/NLKf3hw
Dive into the current volume of IJP Open Peer Review, explore new ideas, and join the global debate 🧠💬
📖 Read now: buff.ly/u6jBVeg
🔍 Learn how to access: buff.ly/NLKf3hw
Are you interested in exploring Melanie Klein's ideas in more detail? Join us on 8 November for the first in a new series of online events, Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Exploring Kleinian and post-Kleinian developments (1925-2025).
Find out more here: bit.ly/44O5R2Y
Find out more here: bit.ly/44O5R2Y
Getting to grips with Kleinian concepts: Exploring Kleinian and post-Kleinian developments (1925-2025) (Online series) – Melanie Klein Trust
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July 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Are you interested in exploring Melanie Klein's ideas in more detail? Join us on 8 November for the first in a new series of online events, Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: Exploring Kleinian and post-Kleinian developments (1925-2025).
Find out more here: bit.ly/44O5R2Y
Find out more here: bit.ly/44O5R2Y
Join us on 18 October for a special event marking the 100th anniversary of Melanie Klein’s first London lectures.
Claudia Frank and Margaret Rustin will discuss Klein’s groundbreaking early work in child analysis, first in Berlin and then in London.
More info: tinyurl.com/35kzw36f
#MelanieKlein
Claudia Frank and Margaret Rustin will discuss Klein’s groundbreaking early work in child analysis, first in Berlin and then in London.
More info: tinyurl.com/35kzw36f
#MelanieKlein
July 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Join us on 18 October for a special event marking the 100th anniversary of Melanie Klein’s first London lectures.
Claudia Frank and Margaret Rustin will discuss Klein’s groundbreaking early work in child analysis, first in Berlin and then in London.
More info: tinyurl.com/35kzw36f
#MelanieKlein
Claudia Frank and Margaret Rustin will discuss Klein’s groundbreaking early work in child analysis, first in Berlin and then in London.
More info: tinyurl.com/35kzw36f
#MelanieKlein
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“the objects filled with aggressive parts of the self become persecuting…”
Herbert Rosenfeld, born this day, 2 July 1910
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#paranoia #psychosomatic #psychoanalysis
Herbert Rosenfeld, born this day, 2 July 1910
psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-...
#paranoia #psychosomatic #psychoanalysis
July 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“the objects filled with aggressive parts of the self become persecuting…”
Herbert Rosenfeld, born this day, 2 July 1910
psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-...
#paranoia #psychosomatic #psychoanalysis
Herbert Rosenfeld, born this day, 2 July 1910
psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-...
#paranoia #psychosomatic #psychoanalysis
A day of thought-provoking papers and discussion is well underway!
Delighted to welcome so many friends and colleagues to our conference in London today - and around the world online.
#MelanieKlein #psychoanalysis
Delighted to welcome so many friends and colleagues to our conference in London today - and around the world online.
#MelanieKlein #psychoanalysis
June 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A day of thought-provoking papers and discussion is well underway!
Delighted to welcome so many friends and colleagues to our conference in London today - and around the world online.
#MelanieKlein #psychoanalysis
Delighted to welcome so many friends and colleagues to our conference in London today - and around the world online.
#MelanieKlein #psychoanalysis
It's not too late to register for our conference, ‘Truth and kindness in the psychoanalytic attitude’, on 15 June.
Register for your in-person place by 1 June, and for online atttendance by 12 June.
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanie-kl...
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
Register for your in-person place by 1 June, and for online atttendance by 12 June.
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanie-kl...
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
Melanie Klein Trust Conference 2025 (In Person & Online)
This year's conference will be offered both in person and online. Please read all of the following carefully before booking.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
It's not too late to register for our conference, ‘Truth and kindness in the psychoanalytic attitude’, on 15 June.
Register for your in-person place by 1 June, and for online atttendance by 12 June.
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanie-kl...
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
Register for your in-person place by 1 June, and for online atttendance by 12 June.
Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanie-kl...
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
We are very sad to announce the death of our treasured colleague, Ignês Sodré. She was an outstanding psychoanalyst renowned for writing beautiful literary papers.
You can read more about her life and work here:
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/writers/igne...
You can read more about her life and work here:
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/writers/igne...
May 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We are very sad to announce the death of our treasured colleague, Ignês Sodré. She was an outstanding psychoanalyst renowned for writing beautiful literary papers.
You can read more about her life and work here:
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/writers/igne...
You can read more about her life and work here:
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/writers/igne...
Did you miss any of our online events? You can purchase and stream video recordings from our online shop: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/shop/
There you'll find events on a range of Kleinian themes and an array of different perspectives on the analytic process.
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
There you'll find events on a range of Kleinian themes and an array of different perspectives on the analytic process.
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
April 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Did you miss any of our online events? You can purchase and stream video recordings from our online shop: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/shop/
There you'll find events on a range of Kleinian themes and an array of different perspectives on the analytic process.
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
There you'll find events on a range of Kleinian themes and an array of different perspectives on the analytic process.
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
Do you know about our archive blog? Our archivist regularly posts unpublished material from the Melanie Klein archive, reproducing and commenting on extracts that illuminate Klein's ideas and technique.
klein-archive.tumblr.com
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
klein-archive.tumblr.com
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
klein-archive.tumblr.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Do you know about our archive blog? Our archivist regularly posts unpublished material from the Melanie Klein archive, reproducing and commenting on extracts that illuminate Klein's ideas and technique.
klein-archive.tumblr.com
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
klein-archive.tumblr.com
#MelanieKlein #Psychoanalysis
Registration is now open for the Melanie Klein Trust conference, which will take place on Saturday 14th June, in London and online.
The theme is ‘Truth and kindness in the psychoanalytic attitude’. Find out more and book your place here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanie-kl...
The theme is ‘Truth and kindness in the psychoanalytic attitude’. Find out more and book your place here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanie-kl...
Melanie Klein Trust Conference 2025 (In Person & Online)
This year's conference will be offered both in person and online. Please read all of the following carefully before booking.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Registration is now open for the Melanie Klein Trust conference, which will take place on Saturday 14th June, in London and online.
The theme is ‘Truth and kindness in the psychoanalytic attitude’. Find out more and book your place here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanie-kl...
The theme is ‘Truth and kindness in the psychoanalytic attitude’. Find out more and book your place here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/melanie-kl...
We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to furthering the groundbreaking ideas and techniques of Melanie Klein.
Visit our website for information about Klein's life and theories, plus resources and details of future events
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk
Visit our website for information about Klein's life and theories, plus resources and details of future events
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk
Melanie Klein Trust – Discover Klein’s concepts and clinical technique, and how her ideas have been taken forward by new generations of clinicians and writers
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk
April 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We are a non-profit organisation dedicated to furthering the groundbreaking ideas and techniques of Melanie Klein.
Visit our website for information about Klein's life and theories, plus resources and details of future events
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk
Visit our website for information about Klein's life and theories, plus resources and details of future events
melanie-klein-trust.org.uk