The Collected Works of D.W. Winnicott

Book excerpt: Volume 6 (1960-1963) is introduced with an essay by British adult and child analyst Angela Joyce, current chair of the Winnicott Trust. This volume contains one of Winnicott's most important papers, 'The Theory of the Parent-Infant Relationship', along with papers on aggression, the false self, guilt, adolescence, time in psychoanalytic treatment, the capacity for concern, the value of dependence, fear of breakdown, and communicating and not communicating. It also includes Winnicott's reassessment of Melanie Klein, a discussion of envy in a male patient, and a range of letters to colleagues and others.