Donald Winnicott’s concept of “transitional object” is an important developmental concept in psychoanalysis. But we are used to thinking about it in relation to children rather than adults. As a ...

Recently, in Child Art Development class with professor Tami Herzog-Rodriguez, first-year MPS Art Therapy students created unique stuffed creatures or toys that could be a “transitional object” for a ...

Do you remember how attached your very young child was to that blanket, piece of fabric or teddy bear? Your infant, and later on, your child conveyed to you that the object was his alone. That ...

2-3: Transitional Objects & Transitional Phenomena, from Davis & Wallbridge, Boundary and Space: An Introduction to the Works of D. W. Winnicott. 4: Excerpt from E. Erikson, ed., Adulthood, "Dr. Bog's ...

Journal of Religion and Health, Vol. 40, No. 1, Memorial Issue for Barry Ulanov (Spring, 2001), pp. 213-230 (18 pages) Creative use of our imagination is essential if we are to live a vibrant life.