1st Edition

Winnicott's Theory of the Maturational Processes

By Elsa Oliveira Dias Copyright 2016
    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book presents an in-depth, wide-ranging and rigorous investigation of Winnicott's central theory of maturational processes and its interrelation with psychic disorders. It provides the framework from which different aspects of the study of human nature can be developed.

    Preface to the English Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Introduction -- Winnicott and the debate with related areas -- Basic concepts of the theory of maturational processes -- The primitive stages: absolute dependence -- The stages of relative dependence and independence -- Final Considerations

    Biography

    Oliveira Dias, Elsa