From the first few weeks of existence, before we have developed an ability to use language or recall the past, something significant is happening. A baby cries and waits for comfort to be provided or for nothing at all to happen. The interactions that occur during these elementary experiences, i.e., the baby receiving food, feeling frustrated, being close to someone, or feeling abandoned by someone, form the foundation of the baby’s mind (Klein, 1935; Segal,  1973).  Few psychologists took this emotional world of the infant as seriously as Melanie Klein. Klein's theory of object relations provides a radical perspective to psychoanalysis by claiming that our psychological lives start much sooner than Freud suggested they would (Klein,  1946). She viewed the infant as an active participant in a world of emotional intensity, rather than simply a passive being gradually acquiring feelings (Hinshelwood, 1991).  An additional reason for Klein's fascinating theories is the relationship between…