British Object Relations
October 11, 2024 @ 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm, Classroom One
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Third Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2024-25, Fall Term — Fridays, 1:45-3:15pm
Matthew Brooks, LICSW, FIPA
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October 11, 2024 — Winnicott — Early development and primitive mental states
[25 pages]
Winnicott thought of the psyche as shaped by constant paradox. For Winnicott, life is found in the movement between fantasy and reality — between the mental work of projecting and imagining, and the impact of the environment, especially the maternal figure. These two early papers give a sense of his preoccupation with these issues. They also introduce us to Winnicott’s writing style, which, while conveying his thinking, requires engagement on its own terms.
Winnicott, D.W. (1945). “Primitive emotional development” in Through Paediatrics to Psycho-Analysis. London: Hogarth Press (1975), pp145-157.
Winnicott, D.W. (1949/1953). “Mind and its relation to the psyche-soma.” in Through Paediatrics to Psycho-Analysis. London: Hogarth Press (1975), pp243-254.
