1st Edition

The Clinic of Donald W. Winnicott

By Laura Dethiville Copyright 2019
138 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

Paediatric psychoanalyst Donald W. Winnicott is widely recognized as a remarkable clinician. Deprivation, regression, play, antisocial tendencies and "the use of the object" are part of the many clinical conceptions he conceived, and here Laura Dethiville explains each in a clear and precise way, highlighting Winnicott’s originality and enduring relevance. The Clinic of Donald W. Winnicott... Read more

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION Winnicott and his clinic

CHAPTER ONE Therapeutic Consultation

CHAPTER TWO The squiggle

CHAPTER THREE The father

CHAPTER FOUR The family

CHAPTER FIVE Antisocial tendency and deprivation

CHAPTER SIX Aggression and destructiveness

CHAPTER SEVEN Adolescence

CHAPTER EIGHT Regression

CHAPTER NINE The area of playing in the cure

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Biography

Laura Dethiville, psychoanalyst, member of the Society of Freudian Psychoanalysis (SPF), has been leading a seminar on Winnicott for 20 years. Her previous work includes Donald W. Winnicott: A New Approach.