Reading Winnicott brings together a selection of papers by the psychoanalyst and paediatrician Donald Winnicott, providing an insight into his work and charting its impact on the well-being of mothers, babies, children and families.
With individual introductions summarising the key features of each of Winnicott-s papers this book not only offers an overview of Winnicott-s work, but also links it with Freud and later theorists. Areas of discussion include:
- the relational environment and the place of infantile sexuality
- aggression and destructiveness
- illusion and transitional phenomena
- theory and practice of psychoanalysis of adults and children.
As such Reading Winnicott will be essential reading for all students wanting to learn more about Winnicott-s theories and their impact on psychoanalysis and the wider field of mental health.
