The Clinical Thinking of Wilfred Bion (Makers of Modern Psychotherapy) - Softcover

Neville Symington; Joan Symington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415093538 ISBN 13: 9780415093538

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

Winner of the 2013 Sigourney Award!

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's ideas, each chapter looks in depth at an important theme in his thinking and describes how this contributes to his revolutionary model of the mind.

About this title

About the Author:

Neville Symington and Joan Symington are psychoanalysts in private practice in Australia.

Review:

"The subtlety and compactness of Bion's ideas are among his great strengths, but they have also been sources of great frustration to generations of students. The Symington's account makes them addessible even to those with limited psychoanalytic experience."
-"The International Journal of Psycho-analysis

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0415093538
• ISBN 13: 9780415093538
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216