« In all these cases — that of the normal child, the infant, the mentally ill, the paraplegic or the infire, the care promotes the innate tendency of the child to inhabit his body and to enjoy the bodily functions, to accept the limitation provided by the skin, that border membrane that separates the self from the non-me. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Maturation process in children |
Donald W. Winnicott
Maturation process in children
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« `...` in the life of every human being, there is a third part that we cannot ignore, it is the intermediate area of experience to which the inner reality and the outer life simultaneously contribute. That is why I study the essence of illusion, that which exists in the small child and which, in adults, is inherent in art and religion. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Game and reality |
Donald W. Winnicott
Game and reality
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« The importance of the environment to the infant when the dependence is almost absolute is such that it is not possible for us to describe the infant without describing the environment. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Fear of collapse and other clinical situations |
Donald W. Winnicott
Fear of collapse and other clinical situations
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