to get her to do whatever she wanted. This was especially true after she married and became Melanie Klein. Melanie's mother contributed to her daughter's worries and neuroses. Her mother ran the Klein's Budapest household after World War I broke out. In 1919, Melanie and Arthur Klein separated and were divorced in 1922, according to Melanie Klein (Grosskurth, 1987, p. 89). The true date for the divorce is in 1925 or 1926 (Grosskurth, 1987, p. 89).
Melanie Klein began her professional career with her own analysis with Sandor Ferenze in 1913. This was 10 years after her marriage to Arthur Klein. Ferenze encouraged her to work with children (Kavaler-Adler, 1993, p. 188). By the 1920s, when she had moved to Berlin and begun her second analysis with Karl Abraham, she was working with other people's children and writing professional papers. Abraham's influence showed her the direction of her work. Melanie Klein realized the importance of aggression in her analysis. She applied what she learned about herself and aggression to the work she was doing with children. Her theory of child development evolved from her self-examination.
D.W. Winnicott's theory of child development also stemmed from his experiences in life, his clinical studies, and his psychoanalysis patients of all ages. Although both Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott were influenced and guided by the works of Freud, their own life experiences led t
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