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The Analytic Field and its Transformations presents a collection of articles, written jointly in recent years, all revolving around the post-Bionian model of the analytic field - Bionian Field Theory. Hand-in-hand with the ever-growing interest in Bion in general, analytic field theory is emerging as a new paradigm in psychoanalysis.
List of contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS PREFACE CHAPTER ONE The meaning and use of metaphor in analytic field theory CHAPTER TWO Stone got eyes: on Bion's seminar in Paris CHAPTER THREE Mourning and the empty couch: a conversation between analysts CHAPTER FOUR The secret of faces CHAPTER FIVE Spacings CHAPTER SIX Analysts in search of an author: Voltaire or Artemisia Gentileschi? CHAPTER SEVEN Confrontation in the Bionian model of the analytic field CHAPTER EIGHT A Beam of Intense Darkness: a discussion of the book by James Grotstein CHAPTER NINE Between 'other' and 'other': Merleau-Ponty as a precursor of the analytic field CHAPTER TEN Carla's panic attacks: insight and transformation REFERENCESINDEX
About the author
Giuseppe Civitarese is a psychiatrist and training and supervising analyst of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society (SPI) and a member of the of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He lives and is in private practice in Pavia, Italy. He is the editor of the 'Rivista di Psicoanalisi', the official journal of the SPI.Antonino Ferro is a Training and Supervising Analyst in the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, of which he is the President, the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the International Psychoanalytical Association. He has been a visiting professor of psychoanalysis in various institutions in Europe, North America, South America and Australia. He received the Sigourney Award in 2007.
Summary
The Analytic Field and its Transformations presents a collection of articles, written jointly in recent years, all revolving around the post-Bionian model of the analytic field - Bionian Field Theory. Hand-in-hand with the ever-growing interest in Bion in general, analytic field theory is emerging as a new paradigm in psychoanalysis.
