The process of good enough in therapy with couples

The depth and richness of Winnicott’s ideas, concepts, and theories is remarkable. In this chapter I will lay the foundation for thinking about couple therapy using Winnicott’s ideas. We return to some of these ideas in the chapters that follow, but we can see this chapter as a pivotal one in linking Winnicott’s good enough mothering processes, couples and their therapy. Of all the many processes Winnicott proposes as significant, the issue of hate and aggression is important enough to warrant a separate chapter.