His ideas have influenced the diverse psychoanalytic schools of Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and Hans Kohut. But his reach extends far beyond professional circles: his talks to general audiences over the years won him enormous numbers of followers among parents and teachers who have found his observations rich in penetrating insight. This collection brings together many of Winnicott's most important pieces, including previously unpublished talks and several essays from books and journals now difficult to obtain. They range widely in topic-from "The Concept of a Healthy Individual" and "The Value of Depression" to "Delinquency as a Sign of Hope"-and elucidate some of Winnicott's seminal ideas, such as the "transitional object" and the concept of false self. All convey Winnicott's vision of the ways in which the developing self interacts with the family and the larger society.

D.W.溫尼科特 (D.W.Winnicott)，英國精神分析學傢，是繼梅蘭妮·剋萊茵之後為英國大眾熟知的客體關係理論大師。

他的理論從弗洛伊德的理論齣發，但遠離弗洛伊德對本能的強調，具有非凡的創新精神和獨特的視角。他撰寫瞭大量著作，如《媽媽的心靈課》《遊戲與現實》《小豬：對一個小女孩的精神分析記錄》等，來闡釋母親與孩子之間的相互作用如何滋養或阻礙孩子的發展。

他曾在英國BBC無綫廣播節目中，幫助成韆上萬的父母更好地瞭解瞭孩子的情緒世界。