{"product_id":"introducing-the-clinical-work-of-wilfred-bion-9781032428857","title":"Introducing the Clinical Work of Wilfred Bion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntroducing the Clinical Work of Wilfred Bion\u003c\/em\u003e takes a fresh approach to this much revered analyst, focusing on the unique contributions to be found in his analytical and supervisorial work and developing of received Kleinian theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting from his childhood in India and his schooldays, through his experience in the Great War and later life, this book considers the way in which Bion's personal experience informed his later work as an analyst. Aguayo looks at how Bion's loyalty to Kleinian theory, especially in his work on psychosis, and how the subsequent in-fighting rife within the psychoanalytic community impacted his approach. Aguayo also considers the epistemological work done by Bion in the early 1960s while President of the British Psychoanalytical Society, as well as his seminars from Los Angeles and Buenos Aires. The book concludes by proposing that the spate of recently published Clinical Seminars, fresh with new clinical examples from Bion's analytic and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Joseph Aguayo has emerged in recent years as one of the most profound scholars of W. R. Bion's psychoanalysis. Among other achievements, he is credited with curating the valuable \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Seminars and Supervision\u003c\/i\u003e. I have always greatly appreciated his extraordinary ability to address difficult issues with great lucidity and a clear and communicative writing style. Now Joseph Aguayo gives us the gift of an entire volume of his writings in which these qualities shine to the fullest. For this very reason, \u003ci\u003eIntroducing the Clinical Work of Wilfred Bion \u003c\/i\u003estands as an ideal and enjoyable introduction to a thought that often discourages readers because of its inherent difficulties. Not so this book, which instead stands as a fascinating exploration into the geography of Bion's thought, from Kleinian studies to the great books of his mature period, but without neglecting essential references to biography and clinical seminars. I can only recommend \u003ci\u003eIntroducing the Clinical Work of Wilfred Bion\u003c\/i\u003e to all psychoanalysts and psychotherapists. It is easy to predict that this brilliant text will be very well received within the psychoanalytic community. It will become an essential reference not only for Bion specialists or those who are most interested in the clinical use of his concepts, but for \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e analysts. It is no longer a mystery to anyone that Bion is one of the authors who brought to psychoanalysis a completely unprecedented sensibility, a new and more \"humane\" way of dealing with psychic suffering.' \u003cstrong\u003eGiuseppe Civitarese\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eauthor of \u003c\/em\u003eSublime Subjects: Aesthetic Experience and Intersubjectivity in Psychoanalysis\u003cem\u003e (Routledge, 2017)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Here is a beautifully clear and incisive introduction to an aspect of Bion’s work which has tended to lie hidden behind grand theories. This is Bion at work in various clinical settings—psychotherapy, group work, psychoanalysis of psychotic states, and then of the depth of personalities. It is not only a sensitive account of his clinical approach but it is set clearly, though painfully, against the background of the traumas of Bion’s life experiences. And thus, the book comes alive as an enquiry of Bion’s inspiring professional career.' \u003cstrong\u003eBob Hinshelwood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Joseph Aguayo, a psychoanalyst and historian, has garnered his extensive knowledge of Wilfred Bion’s life and the milieu in which he grew from childhood into the most influential psychoanalyst of our day. Aguayo acquaints us with Bion as an 8 year old in Colonial India; the ‘undeserving’ World War I hero; 'the reluctant Kleinian'; and the internationally venerated psychoanalyst. Aguayo notes that most writing about Bion has addressed his theoretical concepts, leaving a gap in Bionian studies about the important and unappreciated clinical applications of his work. Aguayo’s writing is exceptionally clear and conveys the intertwining of Bion’s life with his analytic theories and his unique 'method of clinical inquiry'. This is a book that beginning and seasoned psychoanalysts can appreciate because of the clarity of Aguayo’s discussions of many complex concepts.' \u003cstrong\u003eLawrence J. Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFaculty and Supervising Child Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute, USA and author of \u003c\/em\u003eTransformational Processes in Clinical Psychoanalysis \u003cem\u003e(Routledge, 2019)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: 'Orienting Towards Bion's Clinical Work' \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Beginnings: Forays into Groups and Psychoanalysis of Psychosis \u003c\/strong\u003e 1. Bion's Early Life: India, Schooling in England, Soldiering in World War I and II; and Life as a Psychiatrist and Innovator of Group Methods of Psychotherapy 2. Prelude to Bion's Papers on Psychosis; Melanie Klein's Work on Psychosis and an Overview of his Papers on 'Psychosis' (1950-1959) 3. A Portal into Psychosis: \u003cem\u003e'The Imaginary Twin'\u003c\/em\u003e (1950), and \u003cem\u003e'Notes on the Theory of Schizophrenia' \u003c\/em\u003e(1954) 4. Bion as an Uneasy Kleinian Psychoanalyst. \u003cem\u003e'Development of Schizophrenic Thought'\u003c\/em\u003e (1956), \u003cem\u003e'Differentiation of Psychotic from Non-Psychotic Personalities'\u003c\/em\u003e (1957) 5. Further Clinical Contributions - Part I. \u003cem\u003e'On Arrogance'\u003c\/em\u003e (1958a) and \u003cem\u003e'On Hallucination'\u003c\/em\u003e (1958b) 6. Further Clinical Contributions - Part II. \u003cem\u003e'Attacks on Linking'\u003c\/em\u003e (1959) \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Conceptualizing his Clinical Results\u003c\/strong\u003e 7. Bion's Incursions into Metapsychology: \u003cem\u003e'The Psychoanalytic Theory of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThinking'\u003c\/em\u003e (1962a) 8. Learning from Experience - Part I (1962b) 9. Learning from Experience - Part II (1962b) 10. Elements of Psychoanalysis (1963); Transformations (1965); and \u003cem\u003e'Catastrophic Change'\u003c\/em\u003e (1966) \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: The Distillation of Clinical Experience and Everyday Practices \u003c\/strong\u003e 11. \u003cem\u003e'Notes on Memory and Desire'\u003c\/em\u003e (1967a) 12. Seminars and Supervisions in Buenos Aires: \u003cem\u003eThe Continuing Case of the Stormy Borderline Patient \u003c\/em\u003e(1968) 13. Clinical Work in Buenos Aires: Presentation of an Over Agreeable Young Male Analysand 14. Attention and Interpretation (1970) 15. 'Bion's Clinical Seminars - An Implicit Method of Clinical Inquiry. (1967-1978). A New Waves of Bion Studies?'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019048419671,"sku":"9781032428857","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032428857.jpg?v=1750779140","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/introducing-the-clinical-work-of-wilfred-bion-9781032428857","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}