Psycho-Analytic Explorations

Table of Contents:
Preface D.W.W.: A Reflection by Clare Winnicott PART 1: PSYCHO-ANALYSIS:THEORY AND PRACTICE 1. Early Disillusion 1939 2. Knowing and Not Knowing:A Clinical Example Undated 3. A Point in Technique Undated 4. Play in the Analytic Situation 1954 5. Fragments Concerning Varieties of Clinical Confusion 1956 6. Excitement in the Aetiology of Coronary Thrombosis 1957 7. Hallucination and Dehallucination 1957 8. Ideas and Definitions 1950s 9. Psychogenesis of a Beating Fantasy 1958 10. Nothing at the Centre 1959 11. The Fate of the Transitional Object 1959 12. Notes on Play Undated 13. Psycho-Neurosis in Childhood 1961 14. Further Remarks on the Theory of the Parent-Infant Relationship 1961 15. A Note on a Case Involving Envy 1963 16. Perversions and Pregenital Fantasy 1963 17. Two Notes on the Use of Silence 1963 18. Fear of Breakdown 1963? 19. The Importance of the Setting in Meeting Regression in Psycho-Analysis 1964 20. Psycho-Somatic Disorder i. Psycho-Somatic Illness in its Positive and Negative Aspects 1964 ii. Additional Note on Psycho-Somatic Disorder 1967 21. The Psychology of Madness: A Contribution from Psycho-Analysis 1965 22. The Concept of Trauma in Relation to the Development of the Individual within the Family 1965 23. Notes on Withdrawal and Regression 1965 24. New Light on Children's Thinking 1965 25. Comment on Obsessional Neurosis and "Frankie" 1965 26. A Note on the Mother-Foetus Relationship 1960s 27. Absence and Presence of a Sense of Guilt Illustrated in Two Patients 1966 28. On the Split-off Male and Female Elements i. The Split-off Male and Female Elements to Be Found in Men and Women 1966 ii. Clinical Material 1959-1963 iii. Answer to Comments 1968-1969 29. The Concept of Clinical Regression Compared with That of Defence Organisation 1967 30. Addendum to "The Location of Cultural Experience" 1967 31. Playing and Culture 1968 32. Interpretation in Psycho-analysis 1968 33. Thinking and Symbol-Formation 1968 34. On "The Use of an Object" i. The Use of an Object and Relating through Indentifications 1968 ii. D.W.W's Dream Related to Reviewing Jung 1963 iii. Notes Made on the Train 1965 iv. The Use of the Word "Use" 1968 v. Clinical Illustration of "The Use of an Object" 1968 vi. Comments on My Paper "The Use of an Object" 1968 vii. The Use of an Object in the Context of Moses and Monotheism 1969 35. Development of the Theme of the Mother's Unconscious as Discovered in Psycho-Analytic Practice 1969 36. The Mother-Infant Experience of Mutuality 1969

Review :
This is a special book. -- C. V. Haldipur, M.D. American Journal of Psychotherapy Winnicott provides the reader with an exceptionally rich source of thoughts and ideas to 'play' with in ways similar to the children and adolescents he so thoughtfully studied. The inclusion of many here to fore unpublished papers provides the reader with a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on Winnicott as he works his way through patient interviews and reflects on the work of his contemporaries...This volume is a pleasure, both for its content and its insight into the psychoanalytic process. Winnicott's ability to eloquently communicate his thoughts and analyses makes it easy to understand his prominence in the post-World War II psychoanalytic arena. -- William R. Jankel Science Books & Films As well as being informative, [this book] is a delight to read. Its value comes from the light it throws on Winnicott as a person and on the evolution of his ideas. In an initial 'Reflection,' Winnicott's wife, Clare, attempts 'to throw some light on D.W.W.'s capacity for playing' (p. 3). In so doing, she tells us a great deal about the man himself and his formative years...It is the playful quality of his writing style that makes it such a pleasure to read...All the important Winnicottian themes are represented in this book: honesty and deceiving, the uses of silence, psychosomatic disorders, the transitional object, fear of breakdown, orgastic pleasure, play in the analytic situation, regression, male and female elements of the self, envy, and, of course, the mother and the baby...Winnicott's technique emerges here with great clarity. As always, he moves back and forth between theory and clinical illustration with beautiful fluidity...All of the essays are fascinating. They are Winnicott in his shirtsleeves, and together they provide a unique supplement to our knowledge about a man who was a major contributor to psychoanalysis. -- Sydney E. Pulver, M.D. Psychoanalytic Books