Theory VI: British Object Relations

PSA - Fall 2006
Third Year Candidates
8:30 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

Nasir Ilahi, L.L.M.
Michael Garrett, M.D.


Week 1
Abraham, K. A Short Study of the Development of the Libido, Viewed in Light of Mental Disorders. 1934. In Selected Papers on Psychoanalysis. Maresfield Press, (especially part one of the paper.)

Supplementary
Freud, S. Mourning and Melancholia. 1917. S.E. vol. 14, pp. 243-260.

Week 2
*Isaacs, S. The Nature and Function of Phantasy. 1948. IJP, 29:2, pp.73-79; also in Developments of Psychoanalysis edited by Riviere, J., Hogarth, 1952.

*Riviere, J. On the Genesis of Physical Conflict in Earliest Infancy. 1936. IJP 17:4, pp. 395-422; also in Developments of Psychoanalysis edited by Riviere, J., Hogarth, 1952.

Supplementary
*Klein, M. The Importance of Symbol-Formation in the Development of the Ego. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, vol. I, pp. 186-198. 1930. London, The Hogarth Press. Also in IJP, vol. 2, 1930.

Klein, M. An Obsessional Neurosis in a Six Year Old Girl. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, vol. II, pp. 35-57. London, The Hogarth Press.

Week 3
*Klein, M. A Contribution of the Psychogenesis of Manic-Depressive States. IJP, vol. XVI, pp. 145-174. Also in The Writings of Melanie Klein, vol. I, pp. 262-289. 1936. London, The Hogarth Press.

*Klein, M. Mourning and Its Relation to Manic Depressive States. IJP, vol. XXI, pp. 125-153. Also in The Writings of Melanie Klein, vol. I, pp. 344-369. 1940. London, The Hogarth Press.

Week 4
*Klein, M. Notes on Some Schizoid Mechanisms. IJP, vol. XXVII, pp. 99-110. 1946. Also in The Writings of Melanie Klein, vol. III, pp. 48-56. London, The Hogarth Press.

Week 5
Fairbairn, W.R.D. Fairbairn's Journey into the Interior. Sutherland, John D., Free Association Books. 1989. Ch. 5, pp. 96-131.

Week 6 - The Child and the Mother
*Winnicott, D.W. Infants in a Set Situation. In Collected Papers - Through Pediatrics to Psychoanalysis. 1941. NY: Basic Books. 1958. pp. 52-69 and also in IJPA, vol. XXII, 1941.

*Primitive Emotional Development. In Collected Papers - Through Pediatrics to Psychoanalysis. 1945. NY: Basic Books. 1958. pp. 145-156 and also in IJPA vol. XXVI, 1945.

Primary Maternal Preoccupation. In Collected Papers - Through Pediatrics to Psychoanalysis. 1956. NY: Basic Books. 1958. pp. 300-305.

Birth Memories, Birth Trauma, and Anxiety. In Collected Papers - Through Pediatrics to Psychoanalysis. 1949. NY: Basic Books. 1958. pp. 174-193.

Week 7 The Child's Self Organization
* Winnicott, D.W. Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena. Collected Papers, 1951, pp.229-242. Also, with additions, in Playing and Reality, Routledge Chapman and Hall, NY, ch. 1, pp. 1-25 [IJPA, vol. XXXIV, 1953]

The Use of an Object. Playing and Reality, 1969, pp. 86-94.

Ego Distortion in Terms of True and False Self. Maturational Process and Facilitating Environment. 1960. NY:Int'l Iniv. Press. 1965, pp. 140-152.

Week 8 - Defense and Development
* Winnicott, D.W. Regression, etc. In Collected Papers, 1954, pp. 278-294. Also in IJPA, vol. XXXVI, 1955.

*The Theory of the Parent Infant Relationship. Maturational Process and Facilitating Environment, 1960, pp. 37-55. Also in IJPA, vol. 41:585-595.

Klein's Contribution. Maturational Process and Facilitating Environment, 1962, pp. 171-178.

Supplementary
*Winnicott, D.W. The Capacity to be Alone. Maturational Process and Facilitating Environment, 1958, pp. 29-36. [IJPA, vol. 39:416-420.]

Manic Defense. In Collected Papers, 1935, pp. 129-144.

Aggression, etc. In Collected Papers, 1950, pp. 204-218.

Depressive Position. In Collected Papers, 1954, pp. 262-277. [Brit. J. Med. Psychol., vol. 28, 1955.]
Mirror Role of the Mother and Father. Playing and Reality, NY Routledge, 1967, Chapman and Hall, pp. 111-118.

Week 9
* Bion, W.R. A Theory of Thinking. IJP, 1962, vol. 43, pp. 306-310. Also in Second Thoughts, Jason Aaronson, Northvale, N.J.

*Attacks on Linking. IJP, 1959, vol. 40, pp. 308-315. Also in Second Thoughts.

Supplementary
* Bion, W.R. Differentiation of the Psychotic From the Non-Psychotic Personalities. IJP, 1957, vol. 38, pp. 266-275. Also in Second Thoughts.

Week 10
* Joseph, B. Transference: The Total Situation. IJP, 1985, vol. 66, pp. 447-454.

Projective Identification: Some Clinical Aspects. Melanie Klein Today, vol. 1, Marley Theory, Spillins, London: Routledge, 1985, pp. 138-150.