Vol 31 (3) 2013
Hermine von Hug-Hellmuth: Preliminary Steps for the Technique of Child Analysis – Peter Walleghem
“My Name was Sabina Spielrein”: Freud’s Russian Daughter and the Echoes of her Fascinating Oeuvre – Jens De Vleminck
Marie Bonaparte: Freud’s Princess and Ambassador – Hanna Stouten
Klein Revisited: A Re-evaluation of Klein’s Meaning for Psychoanalysis – Lut De Rijdt
Françoise Dolto and Extramural Psychoanalysis: Two Practical Examples – Trees Traversier
Françoise Dolto and Extramural Psychoanalysis: Two Practical Examples
This contribution sheds light on Françoise Dolto as an inspiring pioneer of preventive work with children. A question that informs our discussion is the extent to which "extramural psychoanalysis" can, or should, be creative. Two projects illustrate the inventiveness...
Klein Revisited: A Re-evaluation of Klein’s Meaning for Psychoanalysis
This contribution re-evaluates the theoretical foundations of Kleinian psychoanalysis. Both the resistance to her work outside England and the relevance it has for working with children and psychotic patients are considered. Klein stresses the crucial importance of...
Marie Bonaparte: Freud’s Princess and Ambassador
In this contribution, Hanna Stouten, author of the first Dutch Bonaparte biography, sketches the problematic life of Marie Bonaparte (1882-1962). Freud played a key role in Bonaparte's life, first as his patient and later as a psychoanalyst herself. He was a...
“My Name was Sabina Spielrein”: Freud’s Russian Daughter and the Echoes of her Fascinating Oeuvre
This contribution is dedicated to the Russian psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein (1885-1942). Following a short sketch of the historical context, we focus on Spielrein's oeuvre, with specific reference to the implicit and the explicit impact of both Spielrein and her...
Hermine von Hug-Hellmuth: Preliminary Steps for the Technique of Child Analysis
At the 6th International Psychoanalytic Conference in The Hague in 1920 the Viennese psychoanalyst Hermine von Hug-Hellmuth presented her paper "On the technique of child analysis". Her lecture discussed the many practical problems and theoretical questions she...