PAST COURSESEnvy in Theory & Clinical PracticeDr. Lynne ZeavinSessions: Saturdays, January 17, 24, 31, Feb 7 20268am-930am Oakland / 11-1230pm New York / 4pm-530pm London / 6pm-730pm BeirutMelanie Klein was a pioneering psychoanalyst whose work profoundly shaped our understanding of early development, emotions, and unconscious processes. One of her most influential concepts is envy, which she explored in depth to explain what she described as an innate destructive tendency in the mind, which she observed in both children and adults. This short course will introduce Klein’s theory of envy and its implications for psychoanalytic work.Envy is never about material things, but rather about capacities and is often unconscious. In Klein’s psychoanalytic framework, envy is defined as a feeling that arises when a person perceives another as possessing something desirable—love, beauty, or happiness—and experiences pain or resentment because of their own perceived lack. Unlike jealousy, which involves the fear of losing something to someone else, envy is directed at the person who has what one desires. In this course we will explore the theory of envy as written by Melanie Klein in Envy and Gratitude along with the contemporary Kleinian elaborations of this concept particularly as it manifests in the therapeutic situation. Along with our explorations of envy we will also look at the concept of gratitude, which Klein believed was crucial to overcoming an envious disposition, and crucial for healthy development. Dr. Lynne Zeavin is a training and supervising analyst at the NYPSI. She teaches and supervises widely from within the contemporary Kleinian tradition. She is on the board of the Psychosocial Foundation and an associate editor of The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association.  She is in full time private practice in New York City.On ListeningFrancis Gooding & Akshi SinghSessions:Sundays, November 9, 16, 23, 30, December 7 6-730pm GMT, 1-230pm EST, 10-1130am PSTM