ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses Donald Winnicott's special capacity as a bridge-builder and as a figure whose work has had very wide appeal and influence in very many domains of thought, including academic and art disciplines and social systems as well as in psychoanalysis. For babies, health is a function of the relationship between mind and body and of parents' care. When an infant is experiencing a life-threatening medical illness it can be even harder than usual for parents and hospital staff to access the infant's inner emotional experience. For Wright, the world of art is a reservoir of significant forms, and the audience approaches the art object to discover those which are resonant with his own need. Reeves sets out a new approach to identifying stages of early child development that prepare for the acquisition of an integrated sense of the self.
