
“I didn’t even know I was feeling cold”
An extract from an article by D.W. Winnicott has become lodged in my consciousness, and I believe for good reason. Like memories of a dream, Winnicott’s thoughts await events or a moment of inspiration to reveal why they are speaking to me (and perhaps others) now, and what they now have to say. In this article, “The Use of an Object and Relating through Identifications,” Winnicott was speaking to fellow psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, but my sense is that the sentences […]
Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: Adam Phillips, D.W. Winnicott, psychology, psychotherapy, T.S. Eliot