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| Who was Winnicott? Main premise? |
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| Pediatrition turned Psychoanalysist. Said that what happens as a kid --- continues to manifest as an adult. |
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| To Winnicott- children are what??? |
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| Children are born as a "collection of bits" - meaning that they are nothing but potential, but not organized enough to be anything yet. |
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| In order for bits to develop into something cohesive, what is needed?? |
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| W_PRIMARY MATERNAL PREOCCUPATION: where the child becomes the central focus of the mother/parent. Mother is able to provide a holding environment, which allows the childs bits to come together. |
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| what is a spontanious gesture?? |
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| W_Children can show spontanious gesteurs, which are their first instances of establishing an authentic selfhood. VERY CRITICAL PERIOD!! |
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| To Winnicott, what happens after the child develops a bit more? |
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| The child's perception of being omnipotent lessens. Drawn to transitional objects, which bridge the fantasy of omnipotence and the reality of separateness of adult objects. |
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| Examples of transitional objects- |
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Teddy Bears
Security Blankets
Imaginary friends |
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| what happens after a spontanious gesture when the parents are bad? |
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| W_Parents reject the gesture, wanting the child to stay an extension of themselves, child learns not to develop selfhood. |
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| Winnicott's idea of the FALSE SELF? |
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| In responce to bad parents, children learn this coping mechanism that protects the authentic self- projecting their false self to their parents in order to have their needs met. |
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| W_Dont have to be a great mother, but one that is good enough to provide the child with an adequate holding environment. Able to balance the support of the parent and the room for the child to develop self. |
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| Being a "good enough Therapist" |
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| W_provide the client a safe enough environment where they can feel safe to regress back to the parts of their development where their false self was created. This allows client to discuss and gain insight in areas they were previously unable to. |
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