Analysis Quote by Melanie Klein

“One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults.” quote by Melanie Klein — Download Open image

“One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults.”

Melanie Klein

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It is characteristic of the emotions of the very young infant that they are of an extreme and powerful nature.

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Although psychology and pedagogy have always maintained the belief that a child is a happy being without any conflicts, and have assumed that the sufferings of adults are the results of the burdens and hardships of reality, it must be asserted that just the opposite is true. What we learn about the child and the adult through psychoanalysis shows that…

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The root of creativity is found in the need to repair the good object destroyed during the depressive phase.

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Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother.

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The highly ambitious person, in spite of all his successes, always remains dissatisfied, in the same way as a greedy baby is never satisfied.

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