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OverviewAlthough he founded no school of his own, D. W. Winnicott (1896–1971) is now regarded as one of the most influential contributors to psychoanalysis since Freud. In over forty years of clinical practice, he brought unprecedented skill and intuition to the psychoanalysis of children. This critical new work by Adam Phillips presents the best short introduction to the thought and practice of Winnicott that is currently available. Winnicott’s work was devoted to the recognition and description of the good mother and the use of the mother–infant relationship as the model of psychoanalytic treatment. His belief in natural development became a covert critique of overinterpretative methods of psychoanalysis. He combined his idiosyncratic approach to psychoanalysis with a willingness to make his work available to nonspecialist audiences. In this book Winnicott takes his place with Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan as one of the great innovators within the psychoanalytic tradition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Adam PhillipsPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.236kg ISBN: 9780674953611ISBN 10: 0674953614 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 26 July 1989 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. What We Call the Beginning 2. History-Taking 3. War-Time 4. The Appearing Self 5. Real-making 6. The Play of Interpretation Chronology Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThis beautifully written account explores the development of British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott's thought. The author, a fellow Briton and a child psychotherapist, is both a sympathetic interpreter and a perceptive critic of Winnicott's ideas from both a therapeutic and a scientific perspective...Phillips praises Winnicott for his major theoretical contributions--transitional phenomena, primary creativity, ruthlessness, the antisocial tendency, and the true and false self. ..By deftly weaving bits of biographical information into the narrative, the author places Winnicott in historical perspective, illuminating his often tactfully disguised quarrels with his predecessors, Freud and Klein, and suggesting how personal preoccupations became theoretical arguments in Winnicott's intuitive and idiosyncratic mind. -- Mary Hayden Science Books and Films Author InformationAdam Phillips is Principal Child Psychotherapist in the Wolverton Gardens Child and Family Consultation Centre, London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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