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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We warmly invite you to a special online event celebrating the work of Ignês Sodré, who died last year. www.tickettailor.com/events/theme...

Celebrating the work of Ignês Sodré

Ignês was an outstanding psychoanalyst, renowned for writing beautiful, literary papers, full of understanding of the pains and pleasures of being human.

John Steiner, Eileen McGinley and Orna Hadary will discuss some of the many different aspects of Ignês’s rich and original contribution to psychoanalysis.

The event will be chaired by Gigliola Fornari Spoto.

Date: Saturday 10 October 2026
Time: 4pm to 6pm (UK time)
Venue: Online via Zoom
To book visit https://www.tickettailor.com/events/themelaniekleintrust/2345353

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This Saturday, join us for the first in our new series of online events examining unconscious phantasy. Find out more and register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theme...

Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts. Register now for our next online event. 24 September, Foregrounding unconscious hantasy. With David Taylor and Francesca Hume

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From love and hope to panic and fear, our new video series, kleintalks, examines our most ordinary - and most profound - emotional experiences through a Kleinian lens. Browse the series here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/kleinian-lea...

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The International Journal of Psychoanalysis @theijp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🗓️ Save the date and join us for the IJP Annual Online Conference 2027 — four papers from leading psychoanalysts Otto Kernberg, Michael Feldman, Sara Boffito, and Sun Ju Chung. Chaired by Francis Grier, Editor‑in‑Chief, International Journal of Psychoanalysis. Saturday 16 January 2027 | 11am–6pm.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Still time to register - join John Steiner as he discusses his latest book at our next online event.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Our next online event: Join us on 19 September when John Steiner will discuss his new book, 'Explorations of Mourning in Psychoanalysis and Literature: Turning Ghosts into Ancestors'. More details: www.tickettailor.com/events/theme...

Composite image of book cover of Explorations of Mourning by John Steiner, and a photo of the author

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Our summer newsletter is here! 🌤️ Find out about the Trust's new video series, 10 upcoming events, and lots more. mailchi.mp/melanieklein...

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Melanie Klein Trust News - Summer 2026

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Registration is now open for our one-day conference devoted to the work of Ronald Britton, on 30 January 2027. We hope you can join us either in person or online. Visit our website for more details: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/events/celeb...

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Coming up soon: the next instalment of the IJP's Study Meeting series, in which Michael Feldman will be discussing his paper, 'Adjusting the Distance'

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New on the website: a profile of Gianna Williams, whose contributions to psychoanalytic thinking include the concept of 'double deprivation' and a series of influential papers on eating disorders. Read more here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/writers/gian...

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Join us online on Saturday 9 May for the last in our current series of Getting to Grips events exploring Melanie Klein's thinking on childhood development. More details and registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theme...

A graphic showing Melanie Klein's portrait and the date and content of the event: 9 May. Plenary Event. The evolution of Klein's thinking on childhood development. With Francesca Hume, Christine English, Margaret Rustin and Maria Rhode.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

New on the blog - Patient O: Depressive anxieties very near to the surface. In the first part of a two-part blog, guest contributor Margherita Margiotti brings to light some intriguing clinical notes from the 1940s, concerning an adult patient whom Klein calls ‘O’. Visit: klein-archive.tumblr.com

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Exploring Melanie Klein's Archive at the Wellcome Library

The Wellcome Library in London holds an extensive archive of clinical notes, papers, images and...

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Our next online event is open for registration! On 18 April, join Catalina Bronstein and Elias Rocha Barros in conversation with Elisa Maria de Ulhôa Cintra and Marina Ribeiro, authors of 'Why Read Klein?'. More info here: melanie-klein-trust.org.uk/events/autho...

A copmposite showing the book cover of Why Read Klein and photos of the four discussants at the event on 18 April

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Join us next Saturday as our series on child analysis continues. Catalina Bronstein will examine violence in adolescence as a response to intolerable feelings and persecutory phantasies. With discussant Joshua Durban, chaired by Christine English. Details at: www.tickettailor.com/events/theme...

A graphic with a portrait of Klein alongside the words: Register now for our next online event: Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts. 14 March 2026. Primitive anxieties and idealisation: implications for self-harm and violence in adolescence. With Catalina Bronstein.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Have you explored our blog? In it we bring to light unpublished notes and papers from the Melanie Klein archive, like the extract pictured here, with illuminating commentary. The latest post shares notes by Klein on her work with a bereaved child. Read more here: klein-archive.tumblr.com

Scanned image of a typed manuscript page with handwritten corrections, entitled Mourning and Melancholia, from the Melanie Klein archive

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Join us on 31 January for a discssion of Mapping the Landscape, a collection of Priscilla Roth’s papers that demonstrates her unique contribution to psychoanalysis. With Tomasz Fortuna, Michael Feldman, Gigliola Fornari Spoto, Orna Hadary and John Steiner For more details visit bit.ly/49XWMHu

A photo of the book cover of 'Mapping the Landscape' next to a photograph of Priscilla Roth

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Join us on 24 January 2026 for the next in our Getting to Grips series. Maria Rhode will discuss Melanie Klein’s 1930 paper in which she describes her work with 4-year-old Dick - the first psychoanalytic treatment of a child with autism. More info here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theme...

A portrait of Melanie Klein next to the words 'Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: 100 years of Klein and post-Kleinian developments'

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Read our latest newsletter for details of new Kleinian events, recent publications and more: mailchi.mp/melanieklein... With all good wishes for the festive season and the year to come. Image: undated drawing by one of Melanie Klein's child patients, from the Melanie Klein archive.

Drawing by one of Melanie Klein's child patients, of a tree coloured in green in a blue pot. From the Melanie Klein archives

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Details of the IJP conference in January. John Steiner, Giuseppe Civitarese, Cecilia Taiana, and Joshua Durban will examine violence in different ways: on the battlefield, in the consulting room, in infancy, in autism, and in the poetic line. The event will be chaired by Francis Grier.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Are you interested in Melanie Klein's pioneering work with children, her ideas on emotional development in infancy, and how they illuminate our understanding of adults' inner lives? Join our next online event, Finding the Child in the Adult, on 6 December 2025. Book at bit.ly/49Vs6r1

Portrait of Melanie Klein alongside the words: Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts. 100 years of Klein and post-Kleinian developments. Melanie Klein Trust

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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

A graphic featuring a portrait of Melanie Klein with the words Getting to Grips with Kleinian Concepts: 100 years of Klein and post-Kleinian developments

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

📕 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

Three book covers: Why Read Klein? The Importance of Melanie Klein's Work for Contemporary Psychoanalysis; Bion's Vertices: On Truth and Lies; and Mapping the Landscape: Explorations in Psychoanalysis

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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...

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London Lectures on Psychoanalysis 2026

9-lecture course exploring psychoanalysis led by renowned psychoanalyst Dr David Bell

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

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

A graphic showing the date and details of this online event and photos of the two speakers: Our next online event: 18 October 2025. Centenary webinar: Celebrating Melanie Klein's first London papers on child analysis, with Claudia Frank and Margaret Rustin

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

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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Edna O’Shaughnessy – Melanie Klein Trust

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The International Journal of Psychoanalysis @theijp.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

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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International Psychoanalytical Association @ipaonline.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

“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

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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-...

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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

Photo of the speakers at the event on 18 October 2025: Claudia Frank and Margaret Rustin. The title of the event is 'Celebrating Melanie Klein's first London papers on child analysis'

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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

A drawing in red crayon by one of Melanie Klein's child patients

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The International Journal of Psychoanalysis @theijp.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

✨ 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.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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

The top part of a yellowed sheet of paper, with typed text:

Rivalry and the Wish to Prove always that one Knows better, as a Defence against Guilt.
After the summer holidays an 11-year-old girl patient comes back and is very pleased, though she does not express it, with a box of bricks which I had prepared for her. She had a similar but smaller box of bricks given after the Easter holidays, and remarked on that occasion that it would be nice to have a larger box as well.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

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

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The International Journal of Psychoanalysis @theijp.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

📢 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

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

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

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Getting to grips with Kleinian concepts: Exploring Kleinian and post-Kleinian developments (1925-2025) (Online series) – Melanie Klein Trust

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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

Photographs of Claudia Frank and Margaret Rustin

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International Psychoanalytical Association @ipaonline.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

“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

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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

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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.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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...

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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...

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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.

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Melanie Klein Trust @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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

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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

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