Bion and Primitive Mental States: Trauma and the Symbiotic Link

ISBN-13: 9781032149103 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 140 str.

Judy Eekhoff

Opis

This clinically focused book explores W.R. Bion’s thinking on primitive and unrepresented mental states created by trauma and shows how therapists can work effectively with traumatized patients who are difficult to reach.

Spis treści

1. Trauma and Primal States of Mind  2. No Words to Say it  3. The Black Hole: Alarm Signal of Catastrophe  4. Primitive Identification and Confusional Mental States  5. Terrified by Suffering, Tormented by Pain   6. Introjective Identification: The Analytic Work Of Evocation  7. Breaking Up, Breaking Down, Breaking Through  8. The Spark of Life  9. Intuition and Transformation in O

O autorze

Judy K. Eekhoff, PhD, FIPA, is an IPA-certified training and supervising psychoanalyst in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is the author of Trauma and Primitive Mental States: An Object Relations Perspective.