theory of the internal world

 theory of the internal world

Discussion question
After reviewing Klein’s theory of the internal world, please explain the idea of the two “positions”. As a clinician how may you identify if one or both of these positions are present within a client. Explain how this may be beneficial to the therapeutic process.
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Klein theory understands the child inner fears( Klein, (2017). And it has come up with two positions, the paranoid-schizoid position and the depressive position. Paranoid-Schizoid position is the early state of mental condition where one self may feel disintegrated.  It is the anxiousness, defence and relationship between internal and external objects.  These are chracteristics observable during the early months of…
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