A pioneer of modern psychoanalysis

Melanie Klein’s groundbreaking theories further our knowledge of psychological and emotional development, and its roots in infancy. Discover Klein’s concepts and clinical technique, and how her ideas have been taken forward by new generations of clinicians and writers.

New on the archive blog: Patient H – an acute worry about urination


The Trust’s Archivist, Christine English, shares some thought-provoking excerpts from Melanie Klein’s clinical notes on the case of ‘patient H’, who had an ‘acute worry about urination’. In these notes, Klein relates her exploration with Patient H of his early memories, his adult relationships and his dreams.


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Watch: Why is Klein's work relevant today?


Klein built her own rich body of theory out of a deep engagement with Freud's work, and through her pioneering clinical work with children and adults.