Although he founded no school of his own 0. W. <strong>Winnicott</strong> 1896 1971 is nowregarded as one of the most influential contributors to psychoanalysis... » 

Although he founded no school of his own 0. W. Winnicott 1896 1971 is nowregarded as one of the most influential contributors to psychoanalysis sinceFreud. In over forty years of clinical practice he brought unprecedented skilland intuition to the psychoanalysis of children. This critical new work by AdamPhillips presents the best short introduction to the thought and practice of D.W. Winnicott that is currently available.Winnicotts work was devoted to the recognition and description of the goodmother and the use of the motherinfant relationship as the model ofpsychoanalytic treatment His belief in natural development became a covertcritique of overinterpretative methods of psychoanalysis. He combined hisidiosyncratic approach to psychoanalysis with a willingness to make his workavailable to nonspecialist audiences. In this book Winnicott takes his placewith Melanie Kein and Jacques Lacan as one of the great innovators within thepsychoanalytic tradition. «