Ego in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis is attributed to Freud and his paper “The Ego and the Id” (Freud 1923). This seminal work had a profound influence on post – Freudian psychotherapeutic thinking and other theorists strove to interpret the ego and it's nature in alternative ways and often moulded their theories on influences and contacts with other psychotherapists. Melanie Klein pioneered object relations theories where interpersonal relationships, primarily mother and child, are explored and related to how they affect a person in the present. Many theorists adapted and modelled her views to produce their own theories often based on their personal and professional experiences. Two such theorists were Donald Winnicott and Ronald Fairbairn
