1st Edition

Boundary and Space An Introduction to the Work of D.W. Winnicott

By Madeleine Davis, David Wallbridge Copyright 1981
230 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

230 Pages
by Routledge

D.W. Winnicott - one of this centuries most important theorists - is the focus of the new edition of this extraordinary volume. Drawing extensively upon Winnicott's own papers and lectures, the main themes of his theory and personal development are revealed. His vast contributions to the understandings of the profound significance of infancy in the total life of human beings is brought to the... Read more
Foreword -- Preface -- The Background -- The Theory of Emotional Development -- Basic Assumptions -- Early Psychic Functioning -- Adapting to Shared Reality -- The Environmental Provision -- Boundary and Space -- Endpiece -- The Writing of D. W. Winnicott*

Biography

Davis, Madeleine