Splitting (psychology)
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Splitting, also called binary thinking, dichotomous thinking, black-and-white thinking, all-or-nothing thinking, or thinking in extremes, is the failure in a person's thinking to bring together the di
Pierre Janet
Melanie Klein
Melanie Klein
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Melanie Klein was an Austrian-British author and psychoanalyst known for her work in child analysis. She was the primary figure in the development of object relations theory. Klein's work primarily fo
Splitting (psychology)
…into congenial and uncongenial ones ... making 'disconnections'". It was the latter sense of the term that was predominantly adopted and exploited by Melanie Klein. After Freud, "the most important contribution has come from Melanie Klein, whose work enlightens the idea of 'splitting of the object' (Objektspaltung…
Klein in 1952
Klein c. 1927
A dinner to celebrate Klein's 70th birthday