ABSTRACT
The wonderful technique of classical psychoanalysis paid off by uncovering depths in us that no one had imagined were there, and, moreover, made it possible to heal previously hidden wounds and restore life and growth as never before. In Freud's generation, at first, psychoanalysis was the only game in town for psychotherapy. But then Adler and Jung brought in their very different psychotherapies that Freud could not accept, closely followed by new ideas from the object relations theorists (ORTs), a group made up of some of Freud's own followers who introduced a new transformation of dynamic psychotherapy. The ORTs were psychoanalysts who never set themselves up as a separate organisation, but they shared the same views and said similar things. The more famous of the ORTs were Melanie Klein, Michael Balint, William Fairbairn, and Donald Winnicott. Klein was accustomed to her little patients effortlessly pouring out rich symbolism in their play.
