A review by dreamofsky
Playing and Reality by D.W. Winnicott

3.0

I hold Winnicott in high regard. His contributions to psychoanalysis and what we understand about children are invaluable. And there are some beautiful nuggets throughout the book (e.g. p 116 talking about waiting instead of interpreting; p 88 elaborating on the idea of creativity as health). Furthermore, in the last section on adolescence, Winnicott describes developmental processes in such a well thought out and concise fashion. But, alas, I find his style of writing too verbose and jargon-laden to be accessible.