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An introduction to object relations |
| Gomez, L. (1997). An introduction to object relations. Washington Square: New York: University Press. Lavinia Gomez presents an updated introduction to object relations that includes both theory and applications. |
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Melanie Klein: Her world and her work |
| Grosskurth, P. (1986). Melanie Klein: Her world and her work. New York: Knopf. More detailed and more objective than Segal's (1992) pro-Klein biography, this book is the definitive story of the life of Melanie Klein. |
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Clinical Klein: From theory to practice |
| Hinshelwood, R. D. (1994). Clinical Klein: From theory to practice. New York: Basic Books. Klein's theoretical ideas and clinical procedures are not easy to comprehend, but in this book, Hinshelwood makes her complex views as accessible as possible. |
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The emotional life and ego-development of the infant with special reference to the depressive position |
| Klein, M. (1991). The emotional life and ego-development of the infant with special reference to the depressive position. London: Tavistock/Routledge. (In P. King & R. Steiner (Eds.), The Freud-Klein controversies 1941-45 (pp. 752-797)). Although all of Klein's writings are difficult, this chapter is perhaps the most accessible. In it, Klein presents a brief summary of her object relations theory. |
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A primer of Kleinian therapy |
| Solomon, I. (1995). A primer of Kleinian therapy. Northvale, NJ: Aronson. This introduction to Klein's ideas defines and illustrates her most basic concepts while demonstrating the application of object relations to psychotherapy. |
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