Bions Legacy in So Paulo: Theoretical Applications from the S?o Paulo Psychoanal

Publisher Description

This collection illuminates the legacy of Wilfred R. Bion in Brazil, illustrating Bion's continued inuence on the work of the São Paulo Psychoanalytic Society (SBPSP), how Bionian ideas are applied in contemporary psychoanalysis, and how current practice has evolved over time.Evelise de Souza Marra and Cecil José Rezze bring together theoretical and clinical approaches to provide a thorough perspective on Bionian work in Brazil. The book includes chapters by senior analysts, well-respected teachers and analytic clinicians in contemporary Brazilian psychoanalysis, each of which explores a topic central to Bion's formulations. With discussion of key themes including turbulence, emotional experience, transference, caesura and mental pain, this book demonstrates how Wilfred R. Bion's thought has been developed, transformed and applied in Brazil since his visits there in the 1970s.Bion's Legacy in São Paulo will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, particularly those looking to understand Bion's inuence in more depth, and for anyone interested in the practice of psychoanalysis in Latin America.

Table of Contents

1. From Learning from Emotional Experience to Wild Thoughts. Turbulence! Cecil José Rezze 2. Me and the Other in the Analysis Room Antonio Carlos Eva 3. Contributions of Bion's Thought to the Theory
and Techniques of Contemporary Psychoanalysis Alicia Beatriz Dorado de Lisondo 4. α–Function: Catastrophic Anxiety – Panic – Container with Reverie Antonio Sapienza 5. Learning from Emotional Experience and the Grid: Theory and Practice Cecil José Rezze 6. Emotion, Non-Emotion and Analyst Language Celia Fix Korbivcher 7. Clinical Use of Myths in Psychoanalysis: Myth, Psychoanalysis and Psychic Reality Celso Antonio Vieira de Camargo 8. Issues Related to "Cure," "Improvement," "Normality" and "Abnormality": Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapies Claudio Castelo Filho 9. α–Function 1 Psychoanalysis: An Investigation Process
(On the Quality of Presence in Analytical Sessions: Models) Cícero José Campos Brasiliano 10. Transference – Transformations Evelise de Souza Marra 11. Complementarity and Clinical Practice Isaias Kirschbaum 12. Empowered by Failure – Vicissitudes of Transformations João Carlos Braga 13. Interpretation: Limits and Ruptures of a Concept and a Practice Júlio Frochtengarten 14. The "Squabble" (prise de Bec) between Beckett and Bion: The "Experimental" Insight in the Glaring Darkness Luiz Carlos Uchoa Junqueira Filho 15. Caesura and Mental Pain Luiz Tenório Oliveira Lima 16. Apprehending Psychoanalysis with Bion Odilon de Mello Franco Filho 17. Extensions in the Realm of Minus Paulo Cesar Sandler 18. From Transference and Countertransference to
Emotional Experience in Transformations Stela Maris Garcia Loureiro

Review

"Bion's contributions to psychoanalytic technique are complex, innovative, profound and deserve intense and repeated studies. His formulations represent the most radical paradigm shift in psychoanalysis"—James Grotstein

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