Home Is Where We Start From: Essays by a Psychoanalyst
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (508 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00V4COTTQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 243 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Papers of a great humane thinker" according to Eileen G.. These essays were collected and published posthumously, by Winnicott's widow, Clare, and colleagues. British pediatrician, humanitarian, and ground-breaking psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott died in 1971, having made a nearly immeasurable contribution to the fields of psychoanalysis and child psychology. In this volume, as with his other writings, his ideas are deep, reverential and respectful, and often somewhat complex, and at the . Brilliant A simple, yet superb compliment to psychodynamic therapy, and very helpful in understanding oneself. It is certainly an important work.. Five Stars Really great essays by Winnicott
Winnicott (1896-1971) was the first paediatrician in Britain to train as a psychoanalyst. His work is increasingly being regarded as one of the most influential contributions to psychoanalysis since Freud. D.W. His wife, Clare, was a renowned social worker. . In over forty years of clinical practice at the Paddington Green Children's Hospital, he brought unprecedented skill to the relatively new discipline of the psychoanalysis of children
Winnicott made lasting contributions to our understanding of the minds of children.His ideas have influenced the diverse psychoanalytic schools of Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and Hans Kohut. All convey Winnicott's vision of the ways in which the developing self interacts with the family and the larger society.. W. One of the most gifted and creative psychoanalysts of his generation, D. They range widely in topic—from "The Concept of a Healthy Individual" and "The Value of Depression" to "Delinquency as a Sign of Hope"—and elucidate some of Winnicott's seminal ideas, such as the "transitional object" and the concept of false self. But his reach extends far beyond professional circles: his talks to general audiences over the years won him enormous numbers of followers among parents and teachers who have found his observations rich in penetrating insight.This collection brings together many of Winnicott's most important pieces, including previ
From Library Journal Among the best loved of modern psychoanalysts and perhaps most accessible of Britain's object relations school was Winnicott, a pediatrician turned psychoanalyst. Paul Hymowitz, Psychiatry Dept . , Cornell Medical Ctr.Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. More informed readers may object to the lack of scholarly notes and to some of more "creative" intuitive leaps, but will soon be drawn in by Winnicott's many profound insights. . The essays range widelyfrom the healthy individual and family to a lovely piece on the "value of depression" and to some of his m