Home Is Where We Start From: Essays by a Psychoanalyst
by D. W. Winnicott
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This collection brings together some of psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott's most important work contributing to our understanding of the minds of children. The essays range in topic from 'The Concept of a Healthy Individual' and 'The Value of Depression' to 'Delinquancy as a sign of Hope'. All reveal Winnicott's vision of the ways in which the developing self interacts with the family and the larger society.Tags
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D. W. Winnicott was President of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and President of the Paediatric Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
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- When Donald Winnicott died in 1971 he left behind some eighty papers which had never been published. - Preface
Psychoanalysis is a method for treating psychiatrically ill people by psychological means, that is to say, without apparatus, drugs or hypnotism. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Under such conditions, individuals, if they are emotionally healthy, can develop a sense of being, can realize some of their personal potential, and can play.
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