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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783974603321

Autore

Symington Joan <1939-, >

Titolo

The clinical thinking of Wilfred Bion / / Joan and Neville Symington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-87090-6

0-203-13014-6

1-280-32927-0

0-203-30461-6

1-134-87091-4

9786610329274

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 pages)

Collana

The Makers of modern psychotherapy

Altri autori (Persone)

SymingtonNeville

Disciplina

616.89/17

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

Psychodynamic psychotherapy

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

The structure of the book; The Grid; The theoretical disjunction between Bion and Freud/Klein; Bion: his character; The emotional catalyst; The Grid; Myth and the Grid; Container/contained; Alpha function; A diagnosis of thought; Psychic reality; The growth of thought; Transformations; The study of groups; The phenomenology of psychosis; Without memory or desire; Ultimate reality, the mystic and the Establishment; Epilogue; Chronology; Publications by Wilfred Bion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Psychoanalysis seen through Bion's eyes is a radical departure from all conceptualizations which preceded him. In this major contribution to the series Makers of Modern Psychotherapy, Joan and Neville Symington concentrate on understanding Bion's concepts in relation to clinical practice, but their book is also accessible to the educated reader who wishes to understand the main contours of Bion's thinking. Rather than following the chronological development of Bion'si deas, each chapter looks in depth at an important theme in his thinking and describes how this contributes to his revolutionary model of the mind.