Winnicott's Babies and Winnicott's Patients

Psychoanalysis as Transitional Space
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-78220-044-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

Winnicott's thinking continues to grow in importance in psychoanalysis today. This book can be described as a clinical primer: by presenting her own personal responses to Winnicott and her initial understanding of his thinking, Margaret Boyle Spelman aims to help others develop their own 'Winnicott' to assist with their clinical thinking. This book makes explicit the parallel in Winnicott's thinking between the situation of the baby and the 'nursing couple', and the patient and the 'analytic couple'. There are two helpful baby observation pieces which are aimed at first giving something of the experience of completing a baby observation and then of the reporting of it. In addition to these, there are chapters that treat Winnicott's thinking and the comparison of the original baby with the one who appears in the course of an adult therapy. Winnicott's thinking is first situated historically. Then each of his three stages of dependence are explored in detail: absolute dependence, relative dependence, and going towards independence. These are looked at from the viewpoint of the patient/baby and the mother/therapist in both developmental and clinical situations.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Spelman, Margaret Boyle

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Introduction, The root of Winnicott’s thinking, Absolute dependence: the growth of a boundary, Relative dependence: the distance between, Towards independence—the whole person, A baby observation, Baby observation report, Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Boyle Spelman