Holding and Interpretation Fragment of an Analysis |
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| Author:
| Winnicott, D. W. |
| Foreword by:
| Khan, M. Masud R. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8021-3167-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1994 |
| Publisher: | Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Grove Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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D.W. Winnicott, a psychoanalyst of extraordinary grace and originality, left a body of work distinguished by fierce independence of mind, profound playfulness and technique, and passionate intelligence. Holding and Interpretation, a verbatim record of his sessions with a psychotic patient, vividly illustrates his enormous contribution to psychoanalytic theory and technique, his skill at “holding” the patient in the analytic session and providing guidance through...
More Description D.W. Winnicott, a psychoanalyst of extraordinary grace and originality, left a body of work distinguished by fierce independence of mind, profound playfulness and technique, and passionate intelligence. Holding and Interpretation, a verbatim record of his sessions with a psychotic patient, vividly illustrates his enormous contribution to psychoanalytic theory and technique, his skill at “holding” the patient in the analytic session and providing guidance through sensitive interpretation. It is a rare working portrait of one of the true giants of psychoanalysis—“a very vast subject,” as he said, “which has the great charm of being really useful.”