Donald Winnicott
British pediatrician and psychoanalyst associated with the Object Relations tradition, known for concepts such as the good enough mother, transitional object, facilitating environment, and true self/false self, and for influential writings on play and child development.
Books
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1. Playing And Reality
A classic work of psychoanalytic theory arguing that play creates an intermediate area of experience between inner life and external reality, where the self develops, relates, and becomes creative. It introduces the ideas of transitional objects and phenomena, the holding environment and good-enough caregiving, and the dynamics of true and false self. Through clinical and cultural examples, it shows how play underpins the capacity to be alone, fosters symbol formation and creativity, and provides the medium for therapeutic change and integration.
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