Françoise Dolto (1908–1988), was a French doctor and psychoanalyst, famous for her research on babies and childhood. Dolto revolutionized the field of psycho-therapeutic work with babies and with the mother baby dyad.

She worked with Jacques Lacan, and said that children have a language before the language (with the body). She has contributed to the question of the unconscious body image.

Françoise Dolto was the mother of Carlos (1943-2008), a singer; and the sister of Jacques Marette, a minister.

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• Psychanalyse et pédiatrie, 1971
• Cas Dominique, 1971
• L'image inconsciente du corps, éd du Seuil, 1984
• Solitude, éd Vertiges, 1985
• La Cause des enfants, éd. Robert Laffont, Paris, 1985
• Lorsque l'enfant paraît, éd. du Seuil, Paris, 1990
• Autoportrait d'une psychanalyste, éd. du Seuil, Paris, 1989
• Paroles d’adolescents ou le complexe du Homard, éd. Hattier, 1989
• La Difficulté de vivre, éd. Gallimard, Paris, 1995
• Tout est langage, éd. Gallimard, Paris, 1995