Psycho-Analytic Explorations

by D.W. Winnicott, Clare Winnicott (Editor), Ray Shepherd (Editor)

The editors of The Winnicott Trust have assembled into one volume ninety-two works by the brilliant writer, theoretician, and clinician. This fascinating volume includes, among many important topics, critiques of Melanie Klein's ideas and insights into the work of other psychoanalysts, as well as gems of thought on such concepts as play in the analytic situation, the fate of the transitional object, regression in psychoanalysis, and the use of silence in psychotherapy.

Genres: Psychoanalysis, Psychology

618 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Donald Woods Winnicott was an English pediatrician, psychiatrist, sociologist and psychoanalyst.

Reviews

[Alessandra]

“Se avremo successo metteremo il paziente nelle condizioni di poter abbandonare l’invulnerabilità e di diventare una persona che soffre”

[Anton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the right book to read after finishing his biography. The Author of his bio. used many quotes from this book. I don't find Winnicott to be a difficult writer, in fact I like his style very much. I think he has a wonderful mind and I can see why so many people from different fields of thought have gravitated toward him. He puts things in a kind of, well I hate to use the word Post- Modern, but at least a perspective that appeals to a generalist; someone with a very basic layman's understanding of Quantum Theory, [ie. on the level of having read The Tao of Physics] for instance.
I loved the way, at the end of the book, he both takes credit for and apologizes for "stealing" from contemporaries. There is a great deal that we take for granted today in the world of psychology that made its entrance through D.W.W.

[Santiago Velazquez Martinez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un texto en el cual buscaba otras definiciones pero me encontré con muchísimos recortes o textos de Winnicott de mucho interés. Su lectura no es sencilla ya que es extenso y no todos los temas, al menos para lo que deseaba, son tan relevantes.

Deja muchas frases que te hacen releerlas y repensar cuestiones de la clínica y también te muestra su paradigma de atención clínica (El cual ha sufrido muchas críticas en su entonces).

Me quedo también con la linda historia de amor relatada por su esposa al comienzo. Es de las más lindas que me ha tocado leer y eso que no es una novela ni un cuento de amor.

[Richard · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oh my. This is some intense stuff. The book is a bear. Winicott is massively inconsistant in his writing style. Sometimes the book is at a basic level, and sometimes the book is WAY too technical. I guess this is to be expected, as the book is a collection of papers from his later life that basically, in no clear way, dilenniate his contribution to the Psycho-Analitical World. The amount of Jargon and Technical Terms made it not suitable for the average reader. It has some very good insight into Earliest Infantile Psychalogical development. I disagree with him as much as I agree, but it is a valuable book.