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This book explores developments in psychoanalytic field theory internationally, and their relevance for therapeutic theory and practice. The book outlines the important routes of psychoanalytic field theory from Lewin to the Barangers to Bion and Ferro.
List of contents
Introduction to Developments in Field Theory for Psychotherapists, Psychoanalysts and Counsellors 1. Stepping into the field Bion and the Post-Bionian field theory of Antonino Ferro and the Pavia group 2. The Bion-Field Theory (BFT): Theory, clinical tools, controversial points 3. What does it mean to ‘play’ in analysis? 4. Making the best of a bad time characters and imagination in teleanalysis with children 5. Phenomenology of a field created by psychoanalyst and patients 6. Tesla transformers in the analytic fields in Serbia 7. Fields, systems, and silos - from electromechanics to the matrix: A commentary on ‘developments in field theory Conclusion: Expanding Fields
About the author
Robert Snell is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University and a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in private practice. He is the author of Cézanne and the Post-Bionian Field - An Exploration and a Meditation (2021)
Richard Morgan-Jones is an Organisational Consultant and a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in private practice. He directs Work Force Health: Consulting and Research. He is the author of The Body of the Organisation and its Health (2010)
Del Loewenthal is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the University of Roehampton; and, chair of the Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling (SAFPAC), London, UK. He is a psychoanalytic and existential-analytic psychotherapist, and chartered psychologist, with a particular interest in phenomenology. www.delloewenthal.com; www.SAFPAC.co.uk
Summary
This book explores developments in psychoanalytic field theory internationally, and their relevance for therapeutic theory and practice. The book outlines the important routes of psychoanalytic field theory from Lewin to the Barangers to Bion and Ferro.
