ABSTRACT
It is perhaps rather clichéd to adapt Donald Winnicott’s statement that ‘There is no such
thing as an infant’, but it is an important idea to keep in mind when working with
children. They do not exist in isolation, separate and independent. They come with
parents, carers, significant adult figures and siblings. We should add that there is no such
thing as a toddler, a child, or an adolescent, as their parents are always present in our
work, even if we are working alone with the child.
