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Michael Feldman has made some notable contributions to psychoanalytic theory, but he is known above all for his keen and sensitive clinical insight. Acknowledging the influence in particular of Betty Joseph, Herbert Rosenfeld and Hanna Segal, drawing on the clinical insights of Wilfred Bion, as well as Kleinian contemporaries Ron Britton and John Steiner, he has developed a style of working that places a specific emphasis on sensing what is alive in the session, following minute by minute the interaction between patient and analyst.
Feldman, who was born in South Africa, studied medicine and psychology, and was until 1998 consultant psychotherapist at the Maudsley Hospital in London. He is a training analyst in the British Psychoanalytical Society.
As a teacher and supervisor his colleagues value Feldman for his modesty, warmth and humour – together with a certain conviction that underlies, perhaps even underpins, his willingness to entertain doubt.
