The Klein-Winnicott Dialectic: Transformative New Metapsychology and Interactive Clinical Theory 1th edição

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-274) and index.; This book brings together the theories of Melanie Klein and Donald W. Winnicott, two giants and geniuses of the British school of object relations clinical and developmental theory and psychoanalytic technique. In this book, Dr Kavaler-Adler attempts to integrate the theories of Klein and Winnicott, rather than polarising them, as has been done often in the past. This book takes the best of Klein and Winnicott for use by clinicians on an everyday basis, without having the disputes between their followers interfere with the full and rich platter of theoretical offerings they each of them provided. In addition, this book looks at the biographies of Klein and Winnicott, to show how their theories were inspired by their contrasting lives and contrasting parenting and developmental dynamics. By examining their theories in relation to their biographies, one can see why their dialectical theoretical focuses emerged, highly contrasted in their major emphasis, and yet highly complementary when applied together to clinical work. This is a very new perspective. Review Quotes: "In this extraordinary tour de force of the contemporary object relational integrative thought, Dr Kavaler-Adler builds bridges where others see divides. She offers in-depth exploration of major theoretical concepts of both Klein and Winnicott, seen here in their reciprocally enriching dialectic interaction. In the book, the dialectically interactive concepts become further elegantly integrated. The interactive reciprocity of such concepts as mourning, object survival, potential and transitional space, and others is comprehensibly exemplified by rich clinical material. The book presents a major theoretical and clinical contribution to the psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thought and clinical practice, as it not only extends the present day object relational conceptual base and its clinical applicability, it also provides a dynamic integration template with the widest clinical and theoretical relevance."--Eva D. Papiasvili, PhD, ABPP, Clinical Supervising Faculty, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, Teachers CollegeReview Quotes: "I found the book to be quite an elegant testimony of Dr Kavaler-Adler s unique capacity to elucidate and integrate the tremendous and complex contributions of not only these two pillars of the object relations theories but also of other object relations theoreticians and beyond. It is a must read for anyone interested in reaching a more profound understanding of these giants and the way their unique and apparently different theoretical emphases can be integrated into a cohesive whole. It is written with the clarity of a master who is able to elucidate complex and far-reaching concepts in ways that even those familiar with these theories can appreciate and admire."--Rafael Art Javier, PhD, ABPP, Professor of Psychology and Director of Postgraduate Professional Development Programs"Table of Contents: Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Foreword -- Introduction: A developmental theory of psychological health based on the Klein-Winnicott dialectic and related object relations thinking -- Chapter 1. Melanie Klein, like Moses on the way to the Promised Land; a case of pathological mourning -- Chapter 2. Melanie Klein's creative writing revealing themes in her life and theorizing -- Chapter 3. The phenomenological theory stands on its own: death instinct as demon lover -- Chapter 4. Explicating and utilising the phenomenological theory -- Chapter 5. Developmental evolution within the theory of Melanie Klein -- Chapter 6. Developmental evolution within the works of Donald W. Winnicott: psychic and transitional space -- Chapter 7. Dynamics of transitional space: pathological foreclosure vs. expansion in clinical treatment -- Chapter 8. Winnicott's contribution to the understanding of mirroring as a developmental process: the Klein-Winnicott dialectic within -- Chapter 9. Narcissistic mirroring as perversion of developmental mourning -- Chapter 10. Loneliness in dialectic with solitude -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. Publisher Marketing: The book begins with the integration of Kleinian and Winnicottian theory from their contrasting, but also complementary, dialectical perspectives with some studies of Melanie Klein s psychobiography. In doing so, the book has particularly drawn on the biographical research of Phyllis Grosskurth, who published a major biography of Melanie Klein in 1988, quite a time after the briefer biography of Hanna Segal. The other side of the Klein-Winnicott dialectic has been addressed by drawing on two biographies of D. W. Winnicott, with some minor references to the short biography of Brett Khar and more vivid and detailed references to the extremely comprehensive study of F. Robert Rodman (2004). The latter part of the volume provides clinical illustrations of the integration of Kleinian and Winnicottian theories. This book s theory and clinical illustrations serve to demonstrate how Melanie Klein s theories and D. W. Winnicott s theories work together. This volume of study shows that Klein s theories of mourning interact with Winnicott s theories on object survival; potential and transitional space; the true self; and developmental vs. narcissistic mirroring. This is exemplified in clinical cases, as well as in psychobiographical cases of women writers."

Contributor Bio:  Kavaler-Adler, Susan Dr Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, D. Litt is a practicing clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst for over 35 years and Supervisor of psychotherapists practicing psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and group therapy. Dr Kavaler-Adler is the Co-Founder, Executive Director, and Senior Faculty & Training Supervisor of the Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.