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Winnicott

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ISBN-10: 0674953614

ISBN-13: 9780674953611

Edition: 1988 (Reprint)

Authors: Adam Phillips

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Although he founded no school of his own, 0. 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 D. W. 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…    
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Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 7/26/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 5.44" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Adam Phillips is the author of six previous books, including "The Beast in the Nursery" & "Monogamy" (both available form Vintage). Formerly the principal child psychotherapist at Charing Cross Hospital in London, he lives in England.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
What We Call the Beginning
History-Taking
War-Time
The Appearing Self
Real-making
The Play of Interpretation Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Index