Notes on a Little Boy
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 1, 1911-1938
In this short case, Winnicott describes the case of a child and the psychological difficulties he encountered after having reached the age of going to school. ...
Review: The Psychology of the Unwanted Child: By Agatha H. Bowley, Foreword by S. Clement Brown (Edinburgh: E. and S. Livingstone, 1947)
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 3, 1946-1951
In this review of A. Bowley’s The Psychology of the Unwanted Child, Winnicott disagrees with some of the author’s technical terms and considers them of no use for ordinary people. ...
Psycho-Analysis and the Sense of Guilt
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 5, 1955-1959
For Winnicott the human capacity for a sense of guilt is indicative of individual emotional growth. A defective sense of guilt is not linked to intellectual capacity or incapacity but ...
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Letter to Anna Freud
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 3, 1946-1951
In this letter to Anna Freud, Winnicott writes of the importance of the British contribution to the mental health conference they are both attending and stresses their contribution to the ...
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Short Communication on Enuresis
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 1, 1911-1938
In this paper, Winnicott discusses the anxiety surrounding enuresis as the outward show of a sense of guilt accompanying (unconscious) masturbation fantasies. He interprets enuresis as a ...
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The Absence of a Sense of Guilt
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 7, 1964 - 1966
In this undated text, Winnicott describes a patient creating, in the analytic setting, the need to experience an extreme sense of guilt and self-punishment due to an occasion of Winnicott’s ...
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Healing the Hidden Wounds of War: Treating the Combat Veteran with PTSD at Risk for Suicide
Herbert Hendin
in Handbook of Military and Veteran Suicide: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the condition most associated with suicide in both military personnel and veterans. Most veterans with PTSD, however, are not at risk of suicide. The ...
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Aggression in Relation to Emotional Development
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 3, 1946-1951
In this essay, Winnicott states that the basis for a study of actual aggression must be a study of the roots of aggressive intention. The main source of aggression is instinctual ...
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The Manic Defence
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 1, 1911-1938
In his membership paper to the BPAS, Winnicott presents certain aspects of the manic defence and of its relations to the depressive position. The term ‘manic defence’ is intended to cover a ...
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Feeling Guilty
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 6, 1960-1963
This radio talk records a conversation between Winnicott and Clare Raynor, a writer and broadcaster on child care and health, on the propensity of mothers to experience many guilt feelings ...
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Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Workbook (2 edn)
David H. Barlow, Todd J. Farchione, Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Heather Murray Latin, Kristen K. Ellard, Jacqueline R. Bullis, Kate H. Bentley, Hannah T. Boettcher, and Clair Cassiello-Robbins
The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: Workbook was developed to help people who are struggling with intense emotions like anxiety, sadness, anger, and ...
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Social Aspects of Autism
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 7, 1964 - 1966
This is a draft of Winnicott’s paper on autism. He is aware that some of his comments on autism have caused distress, and he sees this lecture as an opportunity to correct some ...
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Autism
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 7, 1964 - 1966
In this lecture, Winnicott sets out his views on autism in children. He asserts that, over his career as a paediatrician, the picture now called autism was always clearly recognizable. ...
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Aggression, Guilt and Reparation
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 6, 1960-1963
In this talk, Winnicott discusses the roots of constructive activity in analytic work and looks at the relationship of construction to destruction in this work. He acknowledges Melanie ...
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The Development of a Child’s Sense of Right and Wrong
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 6, 1960-1963
In this BBC radio broadcast, Winnicott argues that a child’s sense of right and wrong develops over time if the appropriate environmental conditions are there. He speaks of the baby and ...
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The Development of the Capacity for Concern
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 6, 1960-1963
This paper given to the Topeka Psychoanalytic Society, Kansas, addresses the development of the child’s capacity for concern. For Winnicott, concern is the opposite of guilt. He elaborates ...
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The Rookie’s Experience: Introduction to Death
Vincent E. Henry
in Death Work: Police, Trauma and the Psychology of Survival
This chapter discusses five themes of survivor psychology: psychic numbing, the death imprint image, suspicion of counterfeit nurturance, death guilt, and desire to find meaning. After ...
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Facilitating Recovery From Moral and Spiritual Injuries
Jennifer H. Wortmann, Alyssa Boasso, Yonit Schorr, Maria M. Steenkamp, and Brett T. Litz
in Handbook of Psychosocial Interventions for Veterans and Service Members: A Guide for the Non-Military Mental Health Clinician
During military service, service members may perpetrate, fail to prevent, or bear witness to acts that violate their core moral beliefs and expectations. The psychological, social, and ...
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Managing Emotions
Dennis C. Daley and Antoine Douaihy
in Managing Your Substance Use Disorder: Client Workbook (3 edn)
Upsetting emotions or feelings are among the most common difficulties in recovery. Feelings such as anger, anxiety, boredom, depression, guilt, and shame can contribute to relapse and cause ...
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The Value of Depression
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 6, 1960-1963
In this paper given to the Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, Winnicott describes the state of normal and more severe or psychotic depression from various standpoints. He asserts ...
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