Authors in Conversation: Elisa Maria de Ulhôa Cintra and Marina Ribeiro discuss ‘Why Read Klein?’

Authors in Conversation:  Elisa Maria de Ulhôa Cintra and Marina Ribeiro discuss ‘Why Read Klein?’, with Catalina Bronstein and Elias de Rocha Barros

 Join Catalina Bronstein and Elias de Rocha Barros in conversation with Elisa Maria de Ulhôa Cintra and Marina Ribeiro, authors of Why Read Klein? The Importance of Melanie Klein's work for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2025). 

Why Read Klein? explores Melanie Klein’s contributions to psychoanalytic theory and practice, and her continued influence on psychoanalysis today, using film, poetry and literature to illuminate key Kleinian concepts.
Following presentations by the authors, the discussion will expand on themes from the book, which considers the ongoing evolution of Klein’s psychoanalytic legacy and its continuing relevance to contemporary clinical thought.

The event will be chaired by Gigliola Fornari Spoto. 

All registered attendees will receive a link to the recording following the live event once it has been edited which will be valid for two weeks following the event. These events will be in English

About the authors and discussants

Elisa Maria de Ulhôa Cintra has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Pontifícia Universidade Católica of São Paulo (PUC-SP). She is a psychoanalyst and a professor on the Clinical Psychology Post-Graduate Studies Program at PUC-SP and the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences at PUC-SP. She is also the Coordinator of the Inter-Institutional Laboratory for Studies on Intersubjectivity and Contemporary Psychoanalysis (LIPSIC). In addition, she is the author of books and several articles published in specialised journals. 

Marina F R Ribeiro, PhD, is a psychoanalyst, Associate Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, and research supervisor and advisor for master’s and PhD students in the Clinical Psychology Postgraduate Program at the University of São Paulo. As well as Why Read Klein?, her works in English include Reading Bion’s Transformation (co-author; Routledge, 2025) and Why Read Ogden? The Importance of Thomas Ogden's Work for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (editor and author; Routledge, 2025), and Dreamlike Dialogues: The Psychoanalytic Function of the Personality (currently in press). She is the editor of the specialised ‘Psychoanalysis Academy’ book series by publisher Editora Blucher (Brazil), and Coordinator of LiPSic (Interinstitutional Laboratory for the Study of Intersubjectivity and Contemporary Psychoanalysis).

Catalina Bronstein is a Fellow and training analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society and an adult, child and adolescent psychoanalyst. She is a Visiting Professor at the Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London, and a former President of the British Psychoanalytical Society. Catalina works at the Brent Adolescent Centre in London and in private practice with adults and adolescents. She has written and published many book chapters and papers, and edited a number of books, among them Kleinian Theory. A Contemporary Perspective (2009) and, with Edna O’Shaughnessy, Attacks on Linking Revisited (2017).

Elias da Rocha Barros is a Distinguished Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society and a didactic analyst at the Brazilian Society of Psychoanalysis of São Paulo. He is a member of journal editorial boards in Latin America, the United States, and Europe, and is a former Editor for Latin America of The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. He served as Chair of the Analytic Practice and Scientific Activities Committee (CAPSA) of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and is Chair for Latin America of the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. He is a Sigourney Award recipient. 

About the book Why Read Klein? explores the importance of Melanie Klein’s work to contemporary psychoanalysis, her contributions as a key early psychoanalyst, and continued influence on contemporary psychoanalysts. Klein’s seminal work brought in several conceptual contributions that expanded psychoanalytic knowledge, sparking creativity and fostering a vibrant intellectual lineage. Her profound writings and enduring concepts embody a psychoanalytic legacy which has been constantly evolved and developed by various psychoanalysts who have drawn inspiration from her ideas over the years. This book presents the reverberations of her work in various authors, classic and contemporary. With an aim to encourage new forms of therapeutic action and conceptual understanding of her works, Why Read Klein? offers a modern interpretation of her ideas by incorporating films, poetry, and literary texts to illuminate her key concepts.

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