ABSTRACT

The author's lexicon - The Language of Winnicott - has proved to be the definitive comprehensive guide to Winnicott's thought since it was first published in 1996, Winnicott's centenary Year. The twenty-two entries represent the major conceptualisations in Winnicott's theories and take the reader on a journey through his writings that span from 1931 to 1971. Thus the volume is an anthology of Winnicott's writings. This new edition expands on each original entry predicated on the author's research discoveries, including archival material, over the past decade.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

chapter |26 pages

Aggression

chapter |6 pages

Alone (the capacity to be)

chapter |20 pages

Antisocial tendency

chapter |12 pages

Being (continuity of)

chapter |22 pages

Communication

chapter |13 pages

Concern (stage of)

chapter |16 pages

Creativity

chapter |18 pages

Dependence

chapter |9 pages

Depression

chapter |7 pages

Ego

chapter |18 pages

Environment

chapter |11 pages

Hate

chapter |7 pages

Holding

chapter |17 pages

Illusion (of omnipotence)

chapter |29 pages

Mother

chapter |12 pages

Playing

chapter |5 pages

Primary maternal preoccupation

chapter |12 pages

Psyche–soma

chapter |20 pages

Regression

chapter |21 pages

Self

chapter |13 pages

Spatula Game

chapter |8 pages

Squiggle Game

chapter |18 pages

Transitional phenomena