# Michael Fordham

English child psychiatrist and Jungian analyst who pioneered infant research — developed object-relations informed depth psychology, distinct from Zurich.

**Lived:** 1905–1995 (b. Kensington, London)
**Nationality:** English
**Training:** St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (1927–1932); personal analysis with H. G. Baynes (1934) and Hildegard Kirsch (1935–1940)
**Affiliation:** Society of Analytical Psychology, London; The London School of analytical psychology; Tavistock Clinic

## Key works

- *The Life of Childhood* (1944)
- *New Developments in Analytical Psychology* (1957)
- *The Objective Psyche* (1958)
- *Children as Individuals* (1969)
- *The Self and Autism* (1976)
- *Jungian Psychotherapy* (1978)