A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis: Charles Rycroft

John Birtchnell

doi:10.1017/s0007125000175853

A Critical Dictionary of Psychoanalysis: Charles Rycroft

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1017/s0007125000175853 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 154 (05) ◽

pp. 734-737

Author(s):

John Birtchnell

Keyword(s):

Charles Rycroft

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Letter to Thomas Main

The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott ◽

10.1093/med:psych/9780190271374.003.0043 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 201-202

Author(s):

Donald W. Winnicott

Keyword(s):

Scientific Meeting ◽

Middle Part ◽

Charles Rycroft

In this letter to Thomas Main, Winnicott praises his paper and suggests that Main present the middle part of that paper, on the problems of nurses, at a scientific meeting of the BPAS. He notes that he has informed Charles Rycroft (scientific secretary) of this.

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Letter to Charles Rycroft

The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott ◽

10.1093/med:psych/9780190271374.003.0042 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 199-200

Author(s):

Donald W. Winnicott

Keyword(s):

Clinical Analysis ◽

Early Signs ◽

Whole Person ◽

Charles Rycroft

In this letter to Charles Rycroft, Winnicott praises Rycroft’s paper, especially the part dealing with the build-up of the idea of a whole person. Winnicott expresses his belief that clinical analysis throws light on this aspect of early ‘signs’ in the study of this subject, although to some extent, the process takes place through the content of the analyst’s interpretations. He ends by saying that he is just learning how to chair BPAS meetings.

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Letter to Charles Rycroft

The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott ◽

10.1093/med:psych/9780190271374.003.0035 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 171-172

Author(s):

Donald W. Winnicott

Keyword(s):

Scientific Meetings ◽

Charles Rycroft

In this letter to Charles Rycroft, Winnicott suggests that scientific meetings should be held on the topics of psychosomatics and the idea of ‘black’, and he express admiration for Wilfred Bion’s paper, presented earlier to the BPAS.

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