« The principle is this: it is the patient, and the patient alone who has the answers. We may or may not make it able to identify what is known or become aware of it by accepting it. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Game and reality |
Donald W. Winnicott
Game and reality
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« If the baby has a good mental device, this thought becomes a substitute for the mother's care and adaptation. The baby "cares" himself, by means of understanding, that is, by understanding too much. This is a typical case of "Cogito, ergo in mea potestate sum" (I think, so I am in possession of my power). »
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Donald W. Winnicott
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Donald W. Winnicott
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« There may be almost a personal life through imitation, and the child may even play a particular role, that of the true self, as it would be if it had existed. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
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Donald W. Winnicott
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