During her lifetime Francoise Dolto revolutionized the psychoanalytic understanding of childhood. As an early pioneer she emphasized that the child is to be recognized from birth as a person. As a gifted and innovative clinician Dolto developed her ideas about the unconscious image of the body. An image that is unique to each individual and linke |Theory and Practice in Child Psychoanalysis An Introduction to the Work of Francoise Dolto | Mental Health