Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index
Overview -- Dialectical meaning-making in infancy -- A good object must be found in order to be created -- The true self and false compliance -- The true self and false compliance -- We are essentially isolates, with the capacity to be alone -- Using objects and the capacity to hate -- Integrating theory with therapy: the case of Bob -- The meaning and power of play -- The mind, the body, and the world of transitional phenomena -- Hate in the countertransference -- The antisocial tendency -- The aims of psychoanalytic treatment -- Winnicott as therapist more than theorist