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Bion and Primitive Mental States : Trauma and the Symbiotic Link Paperback / softback
by Judy K. (Payment rejectred and no response from author for updated bank details.) Eekhoff
Part of the The Routledge Wilfred R. Bion Studies Book Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
This clinically focused book explores W. R. Bion’s thinking on primitive and unrepresented mental states and shows how therapists can work effectively with traumatized patients who are difficult to reach. The author illuminates how trauma survivors suffer from direct access to primal undifferentiated positions of the psyche that lie outside the symbolic order of the mind and are resistant to treatment.
This access, unmediated by symbolic representation but represented in the body, disrupts the normal trajectory of development and of relationship.
Integrating theory and clinical application, the book addresses processes of symbolization, somatic receptivity, and the use of countertransference when working therapeutically with undeveloped areas of the mind.
It also demonstrates how primitive body relations and object relations include the body of the analyst as part of the analytic frame and are essential in establishing a therapeutic alliance. Illustrated with detailed clinical vignettes, Bion and Primitive Mental States is important reading for psychoanalysts, psychologists, social workers, and educators who wish to understand primitive states of mind and body in patients who have previously been considered untreatable.
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:140 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/12/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032149097
Information
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Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:140 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:31/12/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032149097