Series Editors' Foreword -- Introduction -- Winnicott: His Work and Legacy -- Section Introduction -- Has Winnicott become a Winnicottian? -- Winnicott's constant search for the life that feels real -- "People who think in pictures": the continuing dialogue between Marion Milner and Donald Winnicott in Bothered by Alligators -- Unassimilated aggression and the emergence of the unit self: Winnicott, Jung, and Matte Blanco -- Winnicott and Bion: claiming alternate legacies -- Winnicott's anni horribiles: the biographical roots of "Hate in the counter-transference" -- Between Winnicott and Lacan -- A measure of agreement: an exploration of the relationship of Winnicott and Phyllis Greenacre -- Clinical Work and Applications of Winnicott's Tradition -- Section Introduction -- On potential space -- Creating connections -- The paternal function in Winnicott: the psychoanalytical frame, becoming human -- "Where we start from": thinking with Winnicott and Lacan about the care of homeless adults -- Seeing and being seen: the psychodynamics of pornography through the lens of Winnicott's thought -- The isolate and the stranger: Winnicott's model of subjectivity and its implications for theory and technique -- Hatred and helping: working with our own fear and narcissistic rage -- "I feel that you are introducing a big problem. I never became human. I have missed it" -- The analyst's oscillating between interpreting and not interpreting: a peculiar Winnicottian point of view on interpreting and not interpreting -- Maternal perinatal mental illness: the baby's unexperienced breakdown -- Mind the gap: dysynchrony in the writings of Winnicott and associated clinical thoughts -- Specialised Work in the Winnicott Tradition -- Section Introduction -- The importance of being seen: Winnicott, dance movement psychotherapy, and the embodied experience -- The location of authenticity -- Transitional/transitive-pictures from an exhibition -- The seriousness of playfulness -- Maternal form in artistic creation -- Ways of being: transitional objects and the work of art -- Unintegrated states and the process of integration: a new formulation -- The reflected self -- "Oedipus, schmedipus: so long as he loves his mother": teaching Winnicott to a non-analytic audience -- Personal and Theoretical Reflections from Clinicians -- Section Introduction -- Two pioneers in the history of infant mental health: Winnicott and Bowlby -- Winnicott's influence on paediatrics then and now -- Anna Freud and Winnicott: developmental stages, aggression, and infantile sexuality -- A personal reflection: claiming alternate legacies

'I am proud and delighted to endorse this latest and important contribution to the Lines of Development series.' - Anne-Marie Sandler, past Vice-President of the International Psychoanalytical Association and Sigourney Award Recipient 'This book is full of fascinating treasures and constitutes an important and exciting addition to the Winnicott literature.'- Victoria Hamilton, PhD, musician, artist, and author of The Analyst's Preconconscious'As my supervisor, Winnicott never gave me advice. He gave me his ideas and encouraged me to follow my own way. The fruitfulness of this approach is beautifully illustrated in this book where his ideas can be seen to have stimulated a wealth of exciting and original clinical and theoretical developments.'- Juliet Hopkins, PhD, child and adult psychoanalytic psychotherapist and author'This is a book that, now that it exists, makes us wonder that it was not done before. Winnicott's work continues to be of great relevance and value, and in these pages we see more of why: Winnicott not only theorised creativity, freedom of thought, the quest for personal meaning, and the interplay between internal and environmental realities, but he also seems to have enacted them continually in his life and work. The papers collected here locate Winnicott in his context, and show how and why he constantly stretched beyond it. They are a treasure trove that one imagines Winnicott would himself have been intrigued to read.'- Mary Target, Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College London'This book demonstrates the authentic, multifaceted fertility of Winnicott's ideas, language, and style of thinking. His innovative psychoanalytic concepts, his fascinating clinical stories about child and adult patients, and his unique ability to talk to laypeople - putting his ideas to work outside the consulting room - started a new way in psychoanalysis. We can see here how his heritage flourishes today in many fields thanks to his followers, who share a generative attitude, open to new ideas. This book confirms a very special, personal heritage left by Winnicott: how opening the door to the potential and to the unexpected can become a fruitful tradition. This heritage, this tradition, is now in good hands.'- Stefano Bolognini, President of the International Psychoanalytical Association