Donald Winnicott books

British pediatrician and psychoanalyst, one of the founders of object relations theory. He introduced the good-enough mother, the transitional object and the holding environment.

Where to start

Start with Babies and Their Mothers: simple texts on the first relationships. Then The Family and Individual Development and Talking to Parents. Leave Playing and Reality for last: it is his most theoretical book.

Babies and Their MothersD. W. Winnicott

The Family and Individual DevelopmentD. W. Winnicott

Playing and RealityDonald W. Winnicott

Talking to ParentsD. W. Winnicott

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