Donald Winnicott

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. Quotes In individual emotional development the precursor of the mirror is the mother's face. Playing and Reality (London: Tavistock Publications, 1971), ch. 9, p. 111 When girls and boys in their secondary narcissism look in order to see beauty and to fall in love, there is already evidence that doubt has crept in about their mother's continued love and care. So the man who falls in love with beauty is quite different from the man who loves a girl and feels she is beautiful and can see what is beautiful about her. Playing and Reality (1971), ch. 9, p. 113, distinguishing primary and secondary narcissism External links Category:Physicians from England Category:Pediatricians Category:Psychoanalysts Category:Cognitive scientists Category:Psychologists from England Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:1896 births Category:1971 deaths