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Margaret Boyle Spelman: Winnicott’s Babies and Winnicott’s Patients: Psychoanalysis as Transitional Space

Margaret Boyle Spelman: Winnicott’s Babies and Winnicott’s Patients: Psychoanalysis as... BOOK REVIEWS 215 Winnicott’s Babies and Winnicott’s Patients: Psychoanalysis as Transitional Space, by Margaret Boyle Spelman, Karnac Books Ltd, London, 2013, 168 pp. Dr. Spelman, who has published previously on the contributions of D.W. Winnicott, offers in this volume a vibrant, alive appreciation of the application of Winnicott’s theories, with a rich section devoted to “baby observation.” The fact alone that Spelman uses the term “baby observation” rather than “infant observa- tion” conveys the naturalness and humanism of her devotion to Winnicott’swork, her recognition of the naturalness and humanism of his approach to understanding development relationally. The book is organized in six chapters, the fi rst four focusing on a major aspect of Winnicott’s thinking, transitional space, in relation to the origins of his theories, and the importance of transitional space in the child’s developing independence from the original object, while maintaining relationality. The last two chapters are journal entries of baby observation, bringing theory alive, as it is connected so intimately to what actually can be seen, noted, interpreted. This is of major importance, because so many psychoanalytic institutes offer excellent education in the theory of psychoanalysis, and clinical experience with adults, but do not offer courses in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Margaret Boyle Spelman: Winnicott’s Babies and Winnicott’s Patients: Psychoanalysis as Transitional Space

Molofsky, Merle
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 76 (2) – May 19, 2016
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2016 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
DOI
10.1057/ajp.2016.5
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27194280
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BOOK REVIEWS 215 Winnicott’s Babies and Winnicott’s Patients: Psychoanalysis as Transitional Space, by Margaret Boyle Spelman, Karnac Books Ltd, London, 2013, 168 pp. Dr. Spelman, who has published previously on the contributions of D.W. Winnicott, offers in this volume a vibrant, alive appreciation of the application of Winnicott’s theories, with a rich section devoted to “baby observation.” The fact alone that Spelman uses the term “baby observation” rather than “infant observa- tion” conveys the naturalness and humanism of her devotion to Winnicott’swork, her recognition of the naturalness and humanism of his approach to understanding development relationally. The book is organized in six chapters, the fi rst four focusing on a major aspect of Winnicott’s thinking, transitional space, in relation to the origins of his theories, and the importance of transitional space in the child’s developing independence from the original object, while maintaining relationality. The last two chapters are journal entries of baby observation, bringing theory alive, as it is connected so intimately to what actually can be seen, noted, interpreted. This is of major importance, because so many psychoanalytic institutes offer excellent education in the theory of psychoanalysis, and clinical experience with adults, but do not offer courses in

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Published: May 19, 2016

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