Betty Joseph (7 March 1917 – 4 April 2013), was a British psychoanalyst and writer, and a follower of the work of Melanie Klein.
According to her obituary in The Daily Telegraph, she "was widely considered to be one of the great psychoanalysts of her day".
[4] Joseph was known for her meta-analysis, the analysis of the process of psychoanalysis itself, and for taking an empirical, scientific approach to the subject.
[1][4] Joseph thought that it was important for the analyst to focus on what the patient was doing during analysis sessions, not just what they were saying, in trying to get at the underlying "psychic reality".
[2] Joseph died on 4 April 2013 from heart disease, at her home in Clifton Hill, St John's Wood, London.