She was on the opposite side of the so-called "Controversial Discussions" from her daughter, causing a lifelong rift.
She was on the opposite side of the so-called "Controversial Discussions" from her daughter, causing a lifelong rift. This author of Envy and Gratitude related the process of mourning to such defense mechanisms as splitting, idealization and projective identification. She founded a namesake theoretical school with her paper "A contribution to the psychogenesis of manic depressive states," which divided the development of human-object relationships into "paranoid-schizoid" and "depressive" phases. For ten points, name this psychoanalyst who attempted to study young children by observing play behavior.
She was on the opposite side of the so-called "Controversial Discussions" from her daughter, causing a lifelong rift.
Melanie Reizes {Klein}