Donald Winnicott’s concept of “transitional object” is an important developmental concept in psychoanalysis. But we are used to thinking about it in relation to children rather than adults. As a ...

Recently, in Child Art Development class with professor Tami Herzog-Rodriguez, first-year MPS Art Therapy students created unique stuffed creatures or toys that could be a “transitional object” for a ...

Do you remember how attached your very young child was to that blanket, piece of fabric or teddy bear? Your infant, and later on, your child conveyed to you that the object was his alone. That ...

2-3: Transitional Objects & Transitional Phenomena, from Davis & Wallbridge, Boundary and Space: An Introduction to the Works of D. W. Winnicott. 4: Excerpt from E. Erikson, ed., Adulthood, "Dr. Bog's ...

BOURNEMOUTH: The recent proliferation of English flags, from lampposts to roundabouts, can be viewed as more than a simple act of patriotism. It could be argued that it is an expression of deep-seated ...