ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates the evolution of theory, expansion of concepts, and applications of Donald Winnicott's opus to the clinical situation for use with both children and adults in a variety of settings which include private practice, the health services, and residential programmes in a geographically global and varied array of settings. Deborah Anna Luepnitz notes that Donald Winnicott's theorising of the role of the environment in the creation of a self is extremely helpful in understanding homelessness. The longing for home seems to be so close to a human universal that people who are "shelter resistant" are considered hopeless and often treated with contempt. John Woods explores some current thinking about internet pornography and its deleterious effects particularly on young people. This issue raises questions, not only about perverse sexuality but also of identity and transgression, as well as antisocial behaviour and the aims of treatment.
