Winnicott Lectures at AAIMH Conferences
Donald Wo
ods Winnicott (1896 -1971) was a British Paediatrician, Psychoanalyst and Psychiatrist. D.W.Winnicott made a significant
contribution to the field of Infant Mental Health, highlighting the importance of early relationships for long term social and emotional
development. He wrote that "a baby cannot exist alone but is essentially part of a relationship".1 D.W.Winnicott
introduced the idea that mothers did not need to be perfect but rather "good enough".
D.W. Winnicott presented a series of broadcasts on BBC radio Listen to D.W.Winnicott
Winnicott Lecture - AAIMH honours Winnicott's contribution to Infant Mental Health by inviting a speaker to present a lecture at the national AAIMH conference focusing on Winnicott's ideas and how they influence the way we currently work with infants, young children and their families.
Past Winnicott Lectures:
2007 Winnicott Lecture was presented by Beulah Warren titled "A Brief History of the Australian Association of Infant Mental
Health Inc. (AAIMH)" and published in the AAIMH 2007 Newsletter (20, 4, 2007). Read
2007 Lecture
2015 Winnicott Lecture was presented by Sarah Mares titled "Such a thing as a baby: re-reading Winnicott in a changing multicultural
and technological world" and published in the AAIMH 2016 Newsletter (29, 2, 2016). Read
2015 Lecture
1Winnicott D. W., 1964. The Child, the Family and the Outside World, Harmondsworth, Middlesex.