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A pre-eminent figure in British psychoanalysis, Donald Winnicott is recognised internationally for his contributions to the understanding of psychological development, from infancy to maturity.
Winnicott, Donald W., 'The Squiggle Game', in Lesley Caldwell, and Helen Taylor Robinson (eds), The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 8, 1967 - 1968 (New York, 2016; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Dec. 2016), https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780190271404.003.0085, accessed 1 May 2024.
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Two of the techniques whereby Winnicott used play in his work with children were the squiggle game and the spatula game. The first involved Winnicott drawing a shape for the child to play with and extend (or vice versa) – a practice extended by his followers into that of using partial interpretations as a 'squiggle' for a patient to make use of.
- 25 January 1971 (aged 74), London, England
- Donald Woods Winnicott, 7 April 1896, Plymouth, Devon, England
- Elizabeth Martha Woods (mother), Sir John Frederick Winnicott (father)
May 13, 2024 · Quick Reference. In psychoanalysis, a procedure introduced by the English psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott (1896–1971) for therapeutic consultations with children: the therapist begins by drawing a random scribble on a sheet of paper, and the child responds by making it into a meaningful drawing on the basis of what it seems to suggest ...
The squiggle game was invented by a psychoanalyst named Donald Woods, or “D.W.”, Winnicott. The game works as follows. Take a piece of paper and draw a squiggle onto it, make it as messy as you like. Then, turn that squiggle into a picture of something.
Jun 11, 2018 · The squiggle was Donald Winnicott 's technique of communicating with children through drawing, in psychotherapeutic consultation. First he would make a "squiggle," a twisted or wriggly line spontaneously drawn on a piece of paper. The child then adds elements to the drawing, and the analyst and child comment on its meaning.
May 8, 2018 · The International journal of psycho-analysis. 2018. TLDR. The “squiggle game” is a method for relating and encouraging mutual exchange between the analyst and the patient, enabling him to experience holding and freely explore different communication possibilities. Expand.
