Middle Phase

Fourth Year Adult Psychoanalytic Training (APT)
2021-22, 2nd Trimester — Fridays, 3:30-5:00pm
Katherine Weissbourd, PhD

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January 7, 2022 — Transitional space in psychoanalysis

[24 pages]

Drawing from the contributions of both Anna Freud and Melanie Klein, as well as his own work with children, Winnicott formulated a theory of technique that incorporated mutual influence and the co-construction of the therapeutic environment. His work has been very influential in the Independent Tradition (Middle School) in British psychoanalysis. These papers address the strong countertransference feelings that can be evoked in psychoanalytic work, as well as the need to make space for new and creative experiences in treatment. Do you find Winnicott’s use of the emotional experience of the caregiver and the infant useful for your clinical work? How do you understand transitional space in the analytic relationship?

Pages: 22

Winnicott, D.W. (1947). Hate in the Countertransference in Through Paediatrics to Psycho-Analysis: Collected Papers.  New York: Brunner-Mazel (1992) pp.194-203.

Winnicott, D.W. (1975). Through Paediatrics to Psycho-Analysis, Ch17 “Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena”, pp229-242