Meira Likierman
Meira Likierman was a Consultant Child Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic in London, where she taught for many years on Melanie Klein. She led the doctoral programme at the Tavistock Child and Family Department and was visiting lecturer at the Oxford University Psychodynamic Studies Programme. She wrote extensively on psychoanalytic theory, including a book, Melanie Klein: Her Work in Context, and lectured at many leading universities. She died in 2019.
Melanie Klein was a pioneer in the psychoanalysis of children and inventor of the “play technique.” She contributed important insights regarding the treatment of individuals suffering from psychosis and personality disorders. Born to a Jewish family in Vienna at the turn of the century, she later lived and practiced in Budapest, Berlin, and London.
