Donald Winnicott

Donald Winnicott
Born
Donald Woods Winnicott

(1896-04-07)7 April 1896
Plymouth, Devon, England
Died25 January 1971(1971-01-25) (aged 74)
London, England
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  • (m. 1923; div. 1949)
  • (m. 1951)
ParentElizabeth Martha Woods (mother) Sir John Frederick Winnicott (father)

Donald Woods Winnicott (7 April 1896 – 25 January 1971) was an English paediatrician and psychoanalyst who was especially influential in the field of object relations theory and developmental psychology. He was a leading member of the British Independent Group of the British Psychoanalytical Society, President of the British Psychoanalytical Society twice (1956–1959 and 1965–1968), and a close associate of British writer and psychoanalyst Marion Milner.[2]

Winnicott is best known for his ideas on the true self and false self, the "good enough" parent, and borrowed from his second wife, Clare, arguably his chief professional collaborator, the notion of the transitional object.[citation needed] He wrote several books, including Playing and Reality,[3] and over 200 papers.[4]

  1. ^ "XXXX". Archive on Four. 4 May 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ Rodman, F. Robert (2003). Winnicott: Life and work. Perseus. ISBN 0-7382-0397-1.
  3. ^ D. W. Winnicott, Playing and Reality (Penguin 1971)
  4. ^ Shapiro, Edward R. (March 1998). "Images in Psychiatry: Donald W. Winnicott, 1896–1971". American Journal of Psychiatry. 155 (3). American Psychiatric Association: 421. doi:10.1176/ajp.155.3.421.

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