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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463726703321

Autore

Miller Ian

Titolo

On minding and being minded : experiencing Bion and beckett / / by Ian Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]

©2015

ISBN

0-429-90277-8

0-367-10238-2

0-429-47800-3

1-78241-347-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Disciplina

338.436168914

Soggetti

Psychotherapy - Cost effectiveness - Research

Psychotherapy - Decision-making

Psychotherapy - Data processing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; CHAPTER ONE Introducing the present formulation; CHAPTER TWO Beginning How It Is: an energetic reading; CHAPTER THREE How It Is again; CHAPTER FOUR Learning how it is from experience; CHAPTER FIVE How it is across time-the road from Connolly's Store; CHAPTER SIX The present formulation claimed by the bog; CHAPTER SEVEN The present formulation as bricolage; CHAPTER EIGHT Psychotherapy and the present formulation; CHAPTER NINE The present formulation: plod along as one; CHAPTER TEN A second opinion; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

On Minding and Being Minded explores links between depictions of lived experience written by Samuel Beckett and the experience of psychoanalytic psychotherapy pioneered in the writings of W.R. Bion. These robust literary and clinical intersections are made explicit within the demanding culture of twenty-first century psychotherapy as patient demand for time-limited, result-driven therapeutic outcomes conflicts sharply with the contours of intensive, long-term psychotherapy. Bion



and Beckett present elements of familiarity to the practicing psychoanalyst which emerge tantalizingly, out of explicit reach, yet become knowable through interpersonal engagement. These stutterings and intimations are thick with meaning, suggestively presented in passing. They hint at how it is for the patient, provoking excitations of thinking; and, like the mental constructions of us all, their articulation conceals deep artistry. On Minding and Being Minded provides a therapeutic link bridging the single session with multiple session psychotherapy focused upon the dynamic engagement of patient and therapist.