One of the many reasons I was happy not to go to the American Historical Association annual meeting is that I am starting a new job at a very different institution than the one at which I have worked ...

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 ...

D.W. Winnicott (1987) coined the term “good enough mother.” It refers to the ‘holding environment’ for the child that ensures that, during the first years of rapid neuropsychological growth, the child ...

What does it really mean to play—not just in childhood, but as adults with busy lives, old hurts, and well-worn habits? It’s easy to dismiss play as frivolous, something for kids on a carpet with ...