Name: Psycho-Analytic Explorations
Author: Davis, Madeleine
ISBN: 9780674720909

Psycho-Analytic Explorations

by D.W. Winnicott
edited by Clare Winnicott, Ray Sheperd and Madeleine Davis

Harvard University Press, 1989
Paper: 978-0-674-72091-6 | Cloth: 978-0-674-72090-9
Library of Congress Classification RC501.2.W56 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 616.8917

ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC

ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

REVIEWS

This is a special book.
-- C. V. Haldipur, M.D. American Journal of Psychotherapy

Donald W. Winnicott was one of the leading figures in psychoanalysis in the generation after Freud...The implications of Winnicott's work are vast, both for human development and for the treatment of patients of any age...His contributions make a storehouse of ideas for those who are pressing beyond more classically psychoanalytic formulations, and he is a link between psychoanalysis and adjacent fields of thought.
-- F. Robert Rodman, M.D

Winnicott provides the reader with an exceptionally rich source of thoughts and ideas to 'play' with in ways similar to the children and adolescents he so thoughtfully studied. The inclusion of many here to fore unpublished papers provides the reader with a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on Winnicott as he works his way through patient interviews and reflects on the work of his contemporaries...This volume is a pleasure, both for its content and its insight into the psychoanalytic process. Winnicott's ability to eloquently communicate his thoughts and analyses makes it easy to understand his prominence in the post-World War II psychoanalytic arena.
-- William R. Jankel Science Books & Films

As well as being informative, [this book] is a delight to read. Its value comes from the light it throws on Winnicott as a person and on the evolution of his ideas. In an initial 'Reflection,' Winnicott's wife, Clare, attempts 'to throw some light on D.W.W.'s capacity for playing' (p. 3). In so doing, she tells us a great deal about the man himself and his formative years...It is the playful quality of his writing style that makes it such a pleasure to read...All the important Winnicottian themes are represented in this book: honesty and deceiving, the uses of silence, psychosomatic disorders, the transitional object, fear of breakdown, orgastic pleasure, play in the analytic situation, regression, male and female elements of the self, envy, and, of course, the mother and the baby...Winnicott's technique emerges here with great clarity. As always, he moves back and forth between theory and clinical illustration with beautiful fluidity...All of the essays are fascinating. They are Winnicott in his shirtsleeves, and together they provide a unique supplement to our knowledge about a man who was a major contributor to psychoanalysis.
-- Sydney E. Pulver, M.D. Psychoanalytic Books

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Preface

D.W.W.: A Reflection

Winnicott, Clare

Part One.
Psycho-Analysis: Theory and Practice

1.
Early Disillusion 1939

2.
Knowing and Not Knowing: A Clinical Example Undated

3.
A Point in Technique Undated

4.
Play in the Analytic Situation 1954

5.
Fragments Concerning Varieties of Clinical Confusion 1956

6.
Excitement in the Aetiology of Coronary Thrombosis 1957

7.
Hallucination and Dehallucination 1957

8.
Ideas and Definitions 1950s

9.
Psychogenesis of a Beating Fantasy 1958

10.
Nothing at the Centre 1959

11.
The Fate of the Transitional Object 1959

12.
Notes on Play Undated

13.
Psycho-Neurosis in Childhood 1961

14.
Further Remarks on the Theory of the Parent-Infant Relationship 1961

15.
A Note on a Case Involving Envy 1963

16.
Perversions and Pregenital Fantasy 1963

17.
Two Notes on the Use of Silence 1963

18.
Fear of Breakdown 1963?

19.
The Importance of the Setting in Meeting Regression in Psycho-Analysis 1964

20.
Psycho-Somatic Disorder

I.
PsychoSomatic Illness in Its Positive and Negative Aspects 1964

II.
Additional Note on Psycho-Somatic Disorder 1969

21.
The Psychology of Madness: A Contribution from Psycho-Analysis 1965

22.
The Concept of Trauma in Relation to the Development of the Individual within the Family 1965

23.
Notes on Withdrawal and Regression 1965

24.
New Light on Children's Thinking 1965

25.
Comment on Obsessional Neurosis and “Frankie” 1965

26.
A Note on the Mother-Foetus Relationship 1960s

27.
Absence and Presence of a Sense of Guilt Illustrated in Two Patients 1966

28.
On the Split-off Male and Female Elements

I.
The Split-off Male and Female Elements to Be Found in Men and Women 1966

II.
Clinical Material 1959–1963

III.
Answer to Comments 1968–1969

29.
The Concept of Clinical Regression Compared with That of Defence Organisation 1967

30.
Addendum to “The Location of Cultural Experience” 1967

31.
Playing and Culture 1968

32.
Interpretation in Psycho-analysis 1968

33.
Thinking and Symbol-Formation 1968

34.
On “The Use of an Object”

I.
The Use of an Object and Relating through Indentifications 1968

II.
D.W.W's Dream Related to Reviewing Jung 1963

III.
Notes Made on the Train 1965

IV.
The Use of the Word “Use” 1968

V.
Clinical Illustration of “The Use of an Object” 1968

VI.
Comments on My Paper “The Use of an Object” 1968

VII.
The Use of an Object in the Context of Moses and Monotheism 1969

35.
Development of the Theme of the Mother's Unconscious as Discovered in Psycho-Analytic Practice 1969

36.
The Mother-Infant Experience of Mutuality 1969

37.
On the Basis for Self in Body

I.
Basis for Self in Body 1970

II.
Two Further Clinical Examples 1970

38.
Individuation 1970

Part Two.
Psycho-Analytic Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents

39.
Private Practice 1955

40.
The Squiggle Game 1964–1968

41.
The Value of the Therapeutic Consultation 1965

42.
Deductions Drawn from a Psychotherapeutic Interview with an Adolescent 1964

43.
A Child Psychiatry Case Illustrating Delayed Reaction to Loss 1965

44.
Physical and Emotional Disturbances in an Adolescent Girl 1968

45.
Mother's Madness Appearing in the Clinical Material as an Ego-Alien Factor 1969

Part Three.
On the Work of Other Analysts

46.
Susan Isaacs

I.
Obituary 1948

II.
Foreword to Susan Isaacs

Gardner, D. E. M.

47.
Marion Milner Critical Notice of On Not Being Able to Paint 1951

48.
Ernest Jones

I.
Obituary 1958

II.
Funeral Address 1958

49.
Dorothy Burlingham Review of A Study of Three Pairs of Identical Twins 1953

50.
W. R. D. Fairbairn Review of Psycho-Analytic Studies of the Personality 1953

51.
John Bowlby

I.
Review of Maternal Care and Mental Health 1953

II.
Discussion of “Grief and Mourning in Infancy” 1959

52.
Michael Balint

I.
Character Types: The Foolhardy and the Cautious 1954

II.
Review of The Doctor, His Patient and the Illness 1958

53.
Melanie Klein: On Her Concept of Envy

I.
Review of Envy and Gratitude 1959

II.
The Beginnings of a Formulation of an Appreciation and Criticism of Klein's Envy Statement 1962

III.
Roots of Aggression 1968

IV.
Contribution to a Symposium on Envy and Jealousy 1969

54.
Joseph Sandler Comments on “On the Concept of the Superego” 1960

55.
Sigmund Freud Review of Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873–1939 1962

56.
Harold F. Searles Review of The Non-Human Environment in Normal Development and in Schizophrenia 1963

57.
C. G. Jung Review of Memories, Dreams, Reflections 1964

58.
Erik H. Erikson Review of Childhood and Society 1965

59.
Virginia Axline A Commentary on Play Therapy 1960s

60.
Willi Hoffer A Tribute on the Occasion of Hoffer's Seventieth Birthday 1967

61.
James Strachey Obituary 1969

62.
Anna Freud Review of indications for Child Analysis and Other Papers 1969

Part Four.
On Other Forms of Treatment

63.
Physical Therapy of Mental Disorder: Convulsion Therapy

I.
Treatment of Mental Disease by Induction of Fits 1943

II.
Shock Treatment of Mental Disorder 1943

III.
Shock Therapy 1944

IV.
Introduction to a Symposium on the Psycho-Analytic Contribution to the Theory of Shock Therapy 1944

V.
Kinds of Psychological Effect of Shock Therapy 1944

VI.
Physical Therapy of Mental Disorder 1947

64.
Physical Therapy of Mental Disorder: Leucotomy

I.
Prefrontal Leucotomy 1943

II.
Leucotomy 1949

III.
Notes on the General Implications of Leucotomy 1951

IV.
Prefrontal Leucotomy 1956

65.
Occupational Therapy Review of Adrian Hills' Book Art Versus Illness 1949

66.
Behaviour Therapy 1969

67.
Physiotherapy and Human Relations 1969

Postscript: D. W. W. on D. W. W.

Acknowledgments

Index

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