Neville Symington

Neville Symington (3 July 1937 – 3 December 2019) was a member of the Middle Group of British Psychoanalysts which argues that the primary motivation of the child is object-seeking rather than drive gratification. He published a number of books on psychoanalytic topics, and was President of the Australian Psychoanalytical Society from 1999 to 2002. == Life and career == Neville Symington was born in Portugal, and was a Catholic priest before becoming a psychoanalyst. He worked in England at …