ABSTRACT

This book focuses on two themes: the first theme is the true self and the resonance of Winnicott's thinking with the contributions of other major psychoanalysts of the past half century; the second theme emerges from the first: the pursuit of authenticity, whether by patient or analyst.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter One|16 pages

A theory for the true self

chapter Seven|15 pages

The virtues of Anna Freud

Some considerations on the technique of child analysis and the importance of the developmental dimension, based on two of her posthumous papers and a letter: an appreciation of her contribution as "quasi-Winnicottian"

chapter Eleven|9 pages

The suppressed madness of sane analysts