Psychoanalytical Psychology, Psychiatrists & Psychologists - Biography, Child & Infant Psychology & Psychiatry
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Overview
This bold and witty, yet scholarly biography is the first to trace the full life and work of this highly influential and brilliant pediatrician-turned-analyst. This insightful story probes the roots in Winnicott's personal life of his influential concepts, such as the "holding environment" so crucial to psychotherapy and the "transitional object" known to every parent as the "security blanket." His astonishing career involved many of the great figures in psychoanalysis and psychology, not just Melanie Klein and Anna Freud, but the whole eccentric Bloomsbury scene including the Stracheys, R. D. Laing, and the controversial Pakistani prince and analyst, Masud Khan. For anyone interested not only in psychology and psychoanalysis but also in human nature and the great figures who have explored it, this book will be passionately absorbing.Synopsis
"This bold and witty, yet scholarly biography is the first to trace the full life and work of this highly influential and brilliant pediatrician-turned-analyst. This insightful story probes the roots i"
NCSPP Registrar
Rodman's biography helps us begin to understand both Winnicott's brilliance and his human limitations.
Editorials
New England Psychologist
A comprehensive biography...Rodman provides rich details about the roots of modern psychoanalytic thought...thorough research and clear writing.—August/September 2003
Metapsychology
Rodman's book on Winnicott is important...A contribution to our understanding of one of the greatest psychoanalysts of modern time.—9/4/03
NCSPP Registrar
Rodman's biography helps us begin to understand both Winnicott's brilliance and his human limitations.Book Details
Published
September 1, 2004
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pages
496
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780738209647