The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott
12-Volume Set
D. W. Winnicott, Edited by Lesley Caldwell, and Helen Taylor Robinson
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But, on this occasion, it is also thanks to a certain Donald Woods Winnicott'perhaps most of all'that this commemorative moment in history takes place. Winnicott, as President of the British Psychoanalytic Society, was instrumental in raising awareness and funds in the 1960s for getting this same statue by Nemon cast and put up in North London for the first time.
Posted on October 11, 2017
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In his 1954 essay 'Metapsychological and Clinical Aspects of Regression within the Psycho-Analytical Set', Donald Winnicott states: 'The idea of psycho-analysis as an art must gradually give way to a study of environmental adaptation relative to patients' regressions. ['¦] I know from experience that some will say: all this leads to a theory of development which ignores the early stages of the development of the individual, which ascribes early development to environmental factors.
Posted on August 10, 2017
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Donald Winnicott (1896'1971) is one the most original and creative thinkers in the history of psychoanalysis after Freud. His theories about the early interaction between the infant and its environment, transitional objects and phenomena, true and false self, the relation between the analysand and the analyst, and many other topics have been of great importance for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, social workers, teachers, and others all over the world.
Posted on March 23, 2017
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Winnicott's admiration for Freud developed apace. When Freud emigrated to London in 1938 to escape the Nazi menace, Winnicott paid an unexpected visit to Freud's home in order to inquire about the well-being of the Viennese refugees and to offer help and support ' a gesture deeply appreciated by the family. Throughout his working life, Winnicott remained a devoted Freudian.
Posted on January 26, 2017
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Our appetite for books on baby care seems unquenchable. The combination of the natural curiosity and uncertainty of the expectant mother, the unknowable mind of the infant, and the expectations of society creates a void filled with all kinds of manuals and confessionals offering advice, theory, reassurance, anecdotes, schedules'¦ and inevitably, inconsistency, disagreement, and further anxiety.
Posted on December 1, 2016
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