ABSTRACT
The British School of Psychoanalysis comprises all the psycho analysts belonging to the British Psychoanalytical Society. Within this Society there are three groups, each with its own characteristics: the Kleinian group; the 'B' group; and the Independent group. The Independent British analysts created and developed the theory of object relations, a term that has now been overused. It denotes so many different theories, it includes so many varied authors, that it has become meaningless for some. The theory concerns itself with the relation of the subject to his objects, not simply with the relationship between the subject and the object, which is an interpersonal relationship. Object Relations writers concentrated their attention on the internal world of the subject, exploring further what Freud had initiated. It was a logical consequence of the increased interest in the issue of transference. But the development of the theory of object relations entailed a certain revision of Freud's theory of the instincts.
