Home is Where We Start from

Essays by a Psychoanalyst

Recommended by Alain de Botton, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #88 in Psychoanalysis

This collection brings together some of psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott's most important work contributing to our understanding of the minds of children. The essays range in topic from "The Concept of a Healthy Individual" and "The Value of Depression" to "Delinquancy as a sign of Hope". All reveal Winnicott's vision of the ways in which the developing self interacts with the family and the larger society. less

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Alain de Botton Winnicott was one of the most accomplished interpreters of Freud in England. And what is interesting is that he makes psychoanalysis very English. (Source)


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