Description
| Product ID: | 9780140146677 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Piggle |
| Subtitle: | An Account of the Psychoanalytic Treatment of a Little Girl |
| Authors: | Author: D. W. Winnicott |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Popular psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Popular psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Between the age of two and five, a little girl nicknamed 'the Piggle' - disturbed by the birth of a younger sister - visited Dr Winnicott on sixteen occasions. This book offers an account of her visits, accompanied by excerpts from letters written to the analyst by the child's parents and a commentary by Dr Winnicott. Between the age of two and five, a little girl nicknamed ‘the Piggle’ – seriously disturbed by the birth of a younger sister – visited Dr Winnicott on sixteen occasions. A verbatim account of her visits is accompanied by illuminating excerpts from letters written to the analyst by the child’s parents and an invaluable commentary by Dr Winnicott. This allows the reader to experience in detail the growth of a relationship between child and therapist and the gradual unfolding of the child’s inner world. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1991-01-31 |