Donald Meltzer
Donald Meltzer (1923-2004) is widely known as a psychoanalyst and teacher throughout Europe and South America. He is the author of many works on psychoanalytic theory and practice, including The Psychoanalytical Process, Sexual States of Mind, Explorations in Autism, The Kleinian Development, Dream Life, Studies in Extended Metapsychology, and The Claustrum, all published by the Harris Meltzer Trust.
The Collected Papers of Roger Money-Kyrle
Thirty-five papers from a variety of technical and intellectual journals trace fifty years of distinguished service to psychoanalysis, sociology, politics and anthropology. (more)
Dream Life: A Re-examination of the Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique
"Dreams are my landscape", said Meltzer. In this book he re-establishes psychoanalysis as the art of reading dreams, and dream-life as the core of mental processes. Dreams are not just puzzles to be... (more)
Studies in Extended Metapsychology: Clinical Applications of Bion's Ideas
The work of Wilfred Bion, by its very nature being a major step forward in the psychoanalytical model making of the mental apparatus, will undoubtably require many years for its full assimilation... (more)
Sexual States of Mind
A ground-breaking psychoanalytic study on sexuality which maintains its originality today, forty-five years after its first publication. The book is a revision of psychoanalytic theory, starting with... (more)
The Kleinian Development - Part II: Richard Week-by-Week: Melanie Klein's 'Narrative of a Child Analysis'
The Kleinian Development derives from lectures delivered at the Institute of Psychanalysis, London, and the Tavistock Clinic (1965–78). It is divided into three volumes that examine, in turn, the... (more)
The Apprehension of Beauty: The Role of Aesthetic Conflict in Development, Art and Violence
This volume has grown over the years as a family project of Martha Harris, her two daughters Meg and Morag and her husband, Donald Meltzer. It therefore has its roots in English literature and its... (more)
Explorations in Autism: A Psychoanalytical Study
'Explorations in Autism is a turning-point in both the understanding of and the clinical approach to autism. The clinical material gradually unveils the geography of the internal mother (which proved... (more)
The Kleinian Development - Part III: The Clinical Significance of the Work of Bion
The Kleinian Development derives from lectures delivered at the Institute of Psychanalysis, London, and the Tavistock Clinic (1965–78). It is divided into three volumes that examine, in turn, the... (more)
The Kleinian Development - Part I: Freud's Clinical Development
The Kleinian Development derives from lectures delivered at the Institute of Psychanalysis, London, and the Tavistock Clinic (1965–78). It is divided into three volumes that examine, in turn, the... (more)
The Claustrum: An Investigation of Claustrophobic Phenomena
Using the Kleinian concept of projective-identification, with special reference to intrusive identification with internal objects, this work examines claustrophobic phenomena and its relations to the... (more)
The Psychoanalytical Process
Sets forth an integrated concept of the 'natural history' of the psychoanalytical process, viewed in the light of experience gained in the child-analytical playroom, and applied to the more... (more)
Selected Papers of Donald Meltzer: Volume 1: Personality and Family Structure
This new selection from the papers of Donald Meltzer spans his working life and serves as an introduction to all his key concepts, such as: aesthetic conflict, the claustrum, adhesive identification,... (more)
Adolescence: Talks and Papers by Donald Meltzer and Martha Harris
This volume contains a representative selection of talks and writings by Martha Harris and Donald Meltzer on the key developmental phase of adolescence, from their teachings both separately and... (more)
The Educational Role of the Family: A Psychoanalytical Model
This tract was commissioned from Donald Meltzer and Martha Harris in 1976 by the Organisation for Economic and Cultural Development as part of a project to develop policies and programmes that would... (more)
Meltzer in Paris
This book focuses on work with children undertaken by the GERPEN (Groupe d’Études et de Recherches Psychoanalytiques pour le developpement de l’Enfant et du Nourisson) of Caen and Paris. It is one of... (more)
Selected Papers of Donald Meltzer: Volume 2: Philosophy and History of Psychoanalysis
This new selection from the papers of Donald Meltzer spans his working life and serves as an introduction to all his key concepts, such as: aesthetic conflict, the claustrum, adhesive identification,... (more)
Selected Papers of Donald Meltzer: Volume 3: The Psychoanalytic Process and the Analyst
This new selection from the papers of Donald Meltzer spans his working life and serves as an introduction to all his key concepts, such as: aesthetic conflict, the claustrum, adhesive identification,... (more)
Meltzer in Sao Paulo
This book is one of a series that record Donald Meltzer’s clinical seminars and supervisions, which were conducted in various countries on a regular basis over many years. Despite his interest in the... (more)
Sincerity and Other Works: Collected Papers of Donald Meltzer
Among the subjects this volume touches on are adult psychopathology, psychoanalytic technique, developmental theory, the training of psychoanalysts, child and adolescent psychopathology, and the... (more)
Exploring the Work of Donald Meltzer: A Festschrift
This book is a tribute to Donald Melzer's extraordinary contribution to psychoanalysis. It includes many of the papers given at the Tavistock Centre in London to celebrate Meltzer's 75th Birthday. ... (more)
Psychoanalytic Work with Children and Adults: Meltzer in Barcelona
This volume is a collection of seminars and lectures Donald Meltzer gave to the Psychoanalytic Group of Barcelona under Dr Leon Grinberg, and later Dr Benito Lopez, during his visit to Barcelona. The... (more)
Supervisions with Donald Meltzer: The Simsbury Seminars
'We see ourselves as elders, not only in age but in the tradition of a nostalgia for the fora where professionals, craftsmen, workers of all kinds meet to share tools, knowledge, skills, and... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Art: Kleinian Perspectives
This essential edition brings together a collection of classic papers from key figures in Kleinian and post-Kleinian thought that explore the relationship between psychoanalysis and art.
Sandra... (more)
A Meltzer Reader: Selections from the Writings of Donald Meltzer
'Donald Meltzer was a distinguished psychoanalyst and one of Klein's most productive and prominent analysands. He was a very influential teacher internationally and an extraordinary practitioner and... (more)