Melanie Klein dies in London on 22nd September, aged 78.
Melanie Klein dies in London on 22nd September, aged 78.
Image: Melanie Klein's Obituary, The Times
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Michael and Alice Balint arrive in England from Budapest
Michael and Alice Balint arrive in England from Budapest
Michael and Alice Balint arrive in England from Budapest, settling in Manchester. Alice dies suddenly a few months later. Among Michael’s trainees in Manchester are Betty Joseph and Esther Bick.
Photo: A letter from the Home Office confirming the Balints' right to settle in England.
Michael Balint becomes President of the British Psychoanalytical Society
Michael Balint becomes President of the British Psychoanalytical Society
Image: Page from a book of humorous drawings produced to mark Balint’s 70th Birthday (just before he became President).
John Bowlby publishes the first in what will be a trilogy about attachment theory, 'Attachment'
John Bowlby publishes the first in what will be a trilogy about attachment theory, 'Attachment'
Donald Winnicott dies in London. His famous book, 'Playing and Reality', is published several months later
Donald Winnicott dies in London. His famous book, 'Playing and Reality', is published several months later
The annual IPA Congress is held in Vienna for the first time, despite it being the birthplace of psychoanalysis
The annual IPA Congress is held in Vienna for the first time, despite it being the birthplace of psychoanalysis
It is also the first time Anna Freud has visited her own birthplace since she and her father fled the Nazis in 1938.
Image: Programme for the Congress in Vienna.
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Nina Coltart becomes director of the London Clinic of Psychoanalysis, a post she will hold for the next ten years
Nina Coltart becomes director of the London Clinic of Psychoanalysis, a post she will hold for the next ten years
Beyond the Best Interests of the Child is published, co-authored by Anna Freud, psychoanalyst Albert Solnit and legal scholar Joseph Goldstein
Beyond the Best Interests of the Child is published, co-authored by Anna Freud, psychoanalyst Albert Solnit and legal scholar Joseph Goldstein
Two further books on the subject will follow, though Freud dies before the third and final work is written. As a trilogy, known as The Best Interests of the Child, it goes on to have a huge impact on child welfare policy in the UK, US and beyond.
Image: Scan from the Preface of Beyond The Best Interests of the Child
The British Society begins allowing candidates to choose their own programmes of study from the training curriculum...
The British Society begins allowing candidates to choose their own programmes of study from the training curriculum...
...replacing the old system in which they had to decide between courses run by Groups A or B, i.e. Kleinian or Anna Freudian.
Image: pages from the training prospectus 1973-4
The second book in Bowlby’s series of works on attachment comes out – 'Separation: Anxiety and Anger'
The second book in Bowlby’s series of works on attachment comes out – 'Separation: Anxiety and Anger'
