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In preparing to write about this book on the important subject of ruptured treatments, notably emphasizing the analyst's ethical misconduct, I came upon the following passage in a recent collection of essays about Winnicott:
The negative images of sex in his [Winnicott's] writing resonate with a report Strachey wrote his wife about a dream Winnicott had during his analysis: “Winnie had a virulent anxiety dream a few days ago in which his wife, disguised as a Bear (bare) skin, embraced him; and her penis came out … woop … and castrated him” (, p. 329).1