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Can Attachment Theory form part of an integrative model of psychotherapy

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Jonathan Bowlby has been described by Storr as “one of the three or four most important psychiatrists of the twentieth century.” For the purposes of this post, I intend to focus on his work on Attachment Theory. Bowlby was troubled by the dogmatism and cultism of the psychoanalytic world and argued strongly for open scientific debate

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The four key themes of Melanie Klein and Object Relations Theory

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This week’s lecture was on the second part of the ideas of Melanie Klein and Object Relations Theory. In Kleinian therapy the analyst would link your present behaviour to childhood to determine what age you were then. The link to memories and stories is very important. The therapist would seek to offer the client reparative experiences.

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The ideas of Melanie Klein and Object Relations Theory

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Last week’s lecture was on the ideas of Melanie Klein and Object Relations Theory. The ideas of Melanie Klein are not easy and it is difficult to get your head around them. But her ideas provide useful material when seeing clients, especially for experiential learners. By all accounts she was an unpleasant woman, if you believe

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