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I Begin this Article with a vignette about D.W. Winnicott doing an adult consultation that was highly successful. The vignette shows Winnicott working in his inimitable style, which looks easy. Only as one studies the complexity and seriousness of Winnicott's intervention does it becomes clear that his light and playful style emerged from an acute sensitivity to the individual person, as well as to universal aspects of emotional development. The account of the consultation is presented here, both as an example of Winnicott's use of “play” in adult consultation and as a contrast to Masud Khan's play style, which is discussed later.
The vignette comes from Tony Walton,1 a highly acclaimed production designer for movies and Broadway shows and the childhood friend and first husband of actress Julie Andrews. Walton and Andrews had been close friends of Masud Khan and his ballerina wife, Svetlana Beriosova, during the early 1960s. At that time, Khan was in analysis with Winnicott. Walton coincidentally had a consultation with Winnicott in 1965, when Walton and Andrews were ending their marriage.
I've forgotten a lot of this because it was during my breakup with Julie and I was totally raw. Masud and Mike Nichols were my good friends, and they
The author thanks the following people, who read drafts of parts or all of this article and gave helpful feedback: Drs. Salman Akhtar, Joseph Delvey, Lawrence Epstein, Edgar Levenson, David Mark, Richard Webb, and Jane Widseth.
This story comes from an interview I did with Walton (December 19, 1996) for a biography I am writing on Masud Khan. The other interviews referred to here were also part of my research on the biography, and were conducted in person in the years 1996-1999. The present article includes unpublished material from these interviews as well as from various other sources. I have highlighted all the unpublished material by putting it in italics. Anything that is not in italics has already been printed somewhere in the publ
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The author thanks the following people, who read drafts of parts or all of this article and gave helpful feedback: Drs. Salman Akhtar, Joseph Delvey, Lawrence Epstein, Edgar Levenson, David Mark, Richard Webb, and Jane Widseth.
This story comes from an interview I did with Walton (December 19, 1996) for a biography I am writing on Masud Khan. The other interviews referred to here were also part of my research on the biography, and were conducted in person in the years 1996-1999. The present article includes unpublished material from these interviews as well as from various other sources. I have highlighted all the unpublished material by putting it in italics. Anything that is not in italics has already been printed somewhere in the publ