Françoise Dolto was a French pediatrician and psychoanalyst, famous for her research on babies and childhood. Dolto revolutionized the field of psycho-therapeutic work with babies (notably in their early experience and usage of language through their body), with the mother-baby dyad, and with a more positive observation and understanding of the means of communication used by children with learning or social disabilities.
She worked with Jacques Lacan, and said that children have a language before the language (with the body). She has contributed to the question of the unconscious body image, and influenced among others the work of Maud Mannoni.
As a recognized feminist, she also worked on reconciling women with their sexuality; she also analyzed the attitude of children when their parents are separating or divorcing.
Françoise Dolto was the mother of Carlos (1943–2008), a singer; and the sister of Jacques Marette, a minister.
Un excelente libro que aborda la labor clínica de F. Dolto sobre su labor con niños. En este seminario menciona algunas de sus famosas teorías como la Imagen Inconsciente del cuerpo, las castraciones orales, anales, y algunas intervenciones con niños que son efectivas, como una manera de aterrizar su teoría en la clínica