Learn more about her life and the enormous contributions she made to her field.
The family traveled frequently for her husband’s job before settling in Budapest in 1910.
She had her third child, Erich, in 1914.
Her unhappy marriage to Arthur Klein dissolved in 1925.
She wrote several psychoanalytic papers on the topic, attributing depression to unresolved childhood issues.
She died on September 22, 1960.
Out of Klein’s work, the technique known asplay therapyemerged and is still used extensively today in psychotherapy.
The experience reinforced her interest in psychoanalysis.
In 1921, she moved to Berlin and began working with noted psychoanalyst Karl Abraham.
Freud openly criticized Klein’s theories and lack of a formal academic degree.
Klein’s play therapy technique is still widely used today.
Her emphasis on the role of the mother-child relationship and other interpersonal connections still echoes in contemporary psychology.
Publications
Klein penned many works, among them:
The Melanie Klein Trust.The beginnings of child analysis.
Klein M, Klein M.The Psycho-Analysis of Children.
Free Press; 1984.
Likierman M.Melanie Klein (1882-1960).The Encyclopedia of Jewish Women.
The Melanie Klein Trust.Klein’s life: A timeline.
