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

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

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

“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

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-...

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

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

✨ 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.

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

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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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

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

“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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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