A review by javorstein
Playing and Reality by D.W. Winnicott

4.0

By far the easiest introduction to Winnicott's work is his own writings. Playing & Reality is extremely readable, presenting key ideas such as the transitional object and transitional phenomena, potential space, creative play (both in the context of child support and of analysis), the good-enough mother, the holding environment, and much more. Although I find myself agreeing more with the Kleinian side of the debate, Winnicott's attention to the centrality of pre-oedipal development to basic facets of life and experience mark an extremely important contribution to object relations theory and to psychology as a whole. A must-read all around.