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, the author tries 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.
In the contemporary world of neoliberalism, efficiency is treated as the vehicle of political and economic health .State bureaucracy, but not corporate bureaucracy, is seen as inefficient, and ...privatization is seen as a magic cure for social ills. In Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair, Bonnie Honig asks whether democracy is possible in the absence of public services, spaces, and utilities. In other words, if neoliberalism leaves to democracy merely electoral majoritarianism and procedures of deliberation while divesting democratic states of their ownership of public things, what will the impact be?
Following Tocqueville, who extolled the virtues of “pursuing in common the objects of common desires,” Honig focuses not on the demos but on the objects of democratic life. Democracy, as she points out, postulates public things—infrastructure, monuments, libraries—that citizens use, care for, repair, and are gathered up by. To be “gathered up” refers to the work of D. W. Winnicott, the object relations psychoanalyst who popularized the idea of “transitional objects”—the toys, teddy bears, or favorite blankets by way of which infants come to understand themselves as unified selves with an inside and an outside in relation to others. The wager of Public Things is that the work transitional objects do for infants is analogously performed for democratic citizens by public things, which press us into object relations with others and with ourselves.
Public Things attends also to the historically racial character of public things: public lands taken from indigenous peoples, access to public goods restricted to white majorities. Drawing on Hannah Arendt, who saw how things fabricated by humans lend stability to the human world, Honig shows how Arendt and Winnicott—both theorists of livenesss—underline the material and psychological conditions necessary for object permanence and the reparative work needed for a more egalitarian democracy.
Donald W. Winnicott Dethiville, Laura; Lévy, Susan Ganley
2014., 2008, 20180424, 2014, 2018-04-24
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Winnicott was continually innovating, inventing, and proposing unexpected solutions in his analytical work whenever he noticed that clinical experience "didn't stick to the theory". This approach can ...make his work seem rather diffuse, with concepts that are sometimes confusing and needing to be clarified. Laura Dethiville has taken on the task of re-evaluating and explaining the principal rudiments of his theories, such as the transitional object, the self, the false self, the importance of environment, and dissociation. She also reveals how Winnicott showed himself to be a forerunner in the care of symptomatic illness in our society, including his innovative treatment of loss of identity, anorexia or bulimia, delinquency, psychosomatic illness, and school disorders. In this book the author has succeeded in avoiding psychoanalytic jargon and, although initially aimed at psychoanalysts, it is also accessible for educators, child carers, paediatricians, and to all those interested in early childhood, the constitution of the psyche, and the constitution of the interpersonal link.
This book presents an in-depth, wide-ranging and rigorous investigation of Winnicott's central theory of maturational processes and its interrelation with psychic disorders. It provides the framework ...from which different aspects of the study of human nature can be developed.
Preface to the English Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Introduction -- Winnicott and the debate with related areas -- Basic concepts of the theory of maturational processes -- The primitive stages: absolute dependence -- The stages of relative dependence and independence -- Final Considerations
Oliveira Dias, Elsa
In a work of startling originality, Professor Brett Kahr has resurrected Donald Winnicott from the dead and has invited him for a memorable cup of tea at 87 Chester Square – his former London ...residence – where the two men discuss Winnicott’s life and work in compelling detail.
With original drawings by Alison Bechdel, best-selling author and illustrator of Fun Home and Are You My Mother?, this ‘posthumous interview’ will be the perfect guide for students and the ideal present for colleagues.
O presente trabalho refere-se ao estudo de caso clinico realizado durante o Estagio Obrigatorio Basico de Psicologia em uma universidade publica de ensino. A crianca atendida tinha quatro anos de ...idade, e a principal queixa eram os comportamentos agressivos. Foram realizadas sete sessoes--incluindo uma entrevista inicial e uma devolutiva final. A escuta clinica e o manejo do setting terapeutico por meio do brincar foram planejados tendo como referencial a clinica psicanalitica. A teoria winnicottiana propoe compreender o desenvolvimento humano a partir da relacao mae-bebe em que a figura da mae representa o ambiente intersubjetivo (interno e externo simultaneamente) que promove o cuidado. Tal teoria descreve a importancia de se analisar o funcionamento do ambiente em que a crianca vive para compreender o surgimento de problemas no desenvolvimento infantil. De acordo com o autor, o infante precisa de um ambiente suficientemente bom para ter um desenvolvimento saudavel, podendo alcancar o seu potencial criativo. Ja em um ambiente social imaturo, a crianca pode opor-se atraves de impulsos agressivos-destrutivos, apresentando defesas e preocupacoes. O surgimento da capacidade de preocupar-se com o outro perpassa a experiencia simultanea de odio e amor na relacao intersubjetiva. A crianca necessita de um ambiente que suporte a sua agressividade, estabelecendo limites sem que os seus impulsos resultem em destruicao do ambiente. Para isso, necessita que um outro suporte e contenha seus impulsos destrutivos, sem retaliar. Atraves do brincar entre terapeuta e paciente, foi possivel construir esse espaco de cuidado que promovesse um desenvolvimento emocional saudavel na crianca, em que a mae foi tambem acolhida e instruida frente as preocupacoes na relacao com a crianca, conscientizando-se sobre sua funcao materna, sendo possivel realizar modificacoes no seu relacionamento com a crianca, incluindo limites, por meio do estabelecimento de rotinas, incluindo espacos para investimento nessa relacao entre mae e filho, como momentos prazerosos de brincar. Na entrevista devolutiva, a mae relatou que os comportamentos agressivos da crianca diminuiram e isso era resultado do processo terapeutico. Este trabalho demonstra, portanto, que a psicoterapia ajudou o infante a lidar com a sua agressividade, sem transforma-la em destrutividade, incluindo, no manejo clinico, ponderacoes para que o ambiente familiar tambem pudesse se tornar suficientemente bom. Palavras-chave: Psicoterapia infantil; psicanalise; Winnicott. The present work refers to the clinical case carried out during the Mandatory Basic Psychology Internship at the Federal University of Jatai (UFJ). This is a 4-year-old child whose main complaint is aggressive behavior. Seven sessions were held--including an initial interview and final feedback. Clinical listening and management of the therapeutic environment through toys were planned with the psychoanalytic clinic as a reference. Winnicottian theory proposes to understand human development based on the mother-baby relationship in which the figure of the mother represents the external environment that promotes care. Winnicott's theory of emotional development described the importance of analyzing the functioning of the external environment to understand the emergence of problems in child development. According to the author, babies need a good enough environment to have healthy development and be able to reach their creative potential. Already in an immature social environment, the child can oppose it through aggressive-destructive impulses, presenting defenses and concerns. The emergence of the ability to care about others in children's emotional development permeates the simultaneous experience of hate and love in the intersubjective relationship. Children need an environment that supports their aggressiveness, establishing limits without their impulses resulting in the destruction of the environment. To do this, it is necessary for another person to support and contain their destructive impulses, without retaliating. Through play between therapist and patient, it was possible to build this space of care that promoted healthy emotional development in the child. The mother was also welcomed and instructed regarding concerns in her relationship with the child, thus, she was able to become aware of her maternal role, making it possible to make changes in her relationship with the child, including limits, through the establishment of routines, including spaces for investment in this relationship between mother and child, as pleasurable moments of playing. In the feedback interview, the mother reported that the child's aggressive behaviors had decreased and this was a result of the therapeutic process. This work therefore demonstrates that psychotherapy helped the baby to deal with his aggression, without transforming it into destructiveness, including, in clinical management, considerations so that the family environment could also become good enough. Keywords: Child psychotherapy; psychoanalysis; Winnicott. El presente trabajo se refiere al caso clinico realizado durante la Practica Obligatoria de Psicologia Basica en la Universidad Federal de Jatai (UFJ). Se trata de un nino de 4 anos cuya principal queja es un comportamiento agresivo. Se llevaron a cabo siete sesiones, incluida una entrevista inicial y comentarios finales. Se planifico la escucha clinica y el manejo del ambiente terapeutico a traves de juguetes teniendo como referencia la clinica psicoanalitica. La teoria winnicottiana propone comprender el desarrollo humano a partir de la relacion madre-bebe en la que la figura de la madre representa el ambiente externo que promueve el cuidado. La teoria del desarrollo emocional de Winnicott describio la importancia de analizar el funcionamiento del entorno externo para comprender la aparicion de problemas en el desarrollo infantil. Segun el autor, los bebes necesitan un entorno suficientemente bueno para tener un desarrollo saludable y poder alcanzar su potencial creativo. Ya en un entorno social inmaduro, el nino puede oponerse a el mediante impulsos agresivos-destructivos, presentando defensas e inquietudes. El surgimiento de la capacidad de preocuparse por los demas en el desarrollo emocional de los ninos impregna la experiencia simultanea de odio y amor en la relacion intersubjetiva. Los ninos necesitan un entorno que apoye su agresividad, estableciendo limites sin que sus impulsos redunden en la destruccion del entorno. Para ello, es necesario que otra persona apoye y contenga sus impulsos destructivos, sin tomar represalias. A traves del juego entre terapeuta y paciente, fue posible construir este espacio de cuidado que promovio un desarrollo emocional saludable en el nino. La madre tambien fue acogida e instruida sobre inquietudes en su relacion con el nino, asi pudo tomar conciencia de su rol maternal, posibilitando cambios en su relacion con el nino, incluidos limites, a traves del establecimiento de rutinas., incluyendo espacios para la inversion en esta relacion entre madre e hijo, como momentos placenteros de juego. En la entrevista de retroalimentacion, la madre informo que las conductas agresivas del nino habian disminuido y esto fue resultado del proceso terapeutico. Por lo tanto, este trabajo demuestra que la psicoterapia ayudo al bebe a afrontar su agresion, sin transformarla en destructividad, incluyendo, en el manejo clinico, consideraciones para que el ambiente familiar tambien sea lo suficientemente bueno. Palabras clave: Psicoterapia infantil; psicoanalisis; Winnicott.
What happens to the thinking of a thinker who refuses a discipleship? This book attempts to answer this question in relation to D. W. Winnicott and the evolution of his thinking. He eschewed a ...following, privileging the independence of his thinking and fostering the same in others. However Winnicott's thinking exerts a growing influence in areas including psychoanalysis, psychology, and human development. This book looks at the nature of Winnicott's thought and its influence. It first examines the development of Winnicott's thinking through his own life time (first generation) and then continues this exploration by viewing the thinking in members of the group with a strong likelihood of influence from him: his analysands (second generation) and their analysands (third generation).
