
Bion and Thoughts Too Deep for Words
Psychoanalysis, Suggestion, and the Language of the Unconscious
Robert Caper(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. March 2020
Book
Hardback
104 pages
978-0-367-44456-3 (ISBN)
Description
Distinguishing psychoanalysis, as a search for truth, from suggestion, as a cure for symptoms, this book addresses the scientific status of psychoanalysis. Citing research into the relationship of infants to their caretakers, the author discusses evidence that unconscious communication is present from birth, and that this form of communication plays a central role in psychoanalysis at a level below that of verbal communication.
Informed by Bion's ideas of containment, group functioning and the fundamental psychological need for truth, this book asserts that psychoanalysis, based solely on the search for truth, has, among all psychological interventions, both a unique claim to scientific status and a unique ability to foster psychological development.
Exploring the relationship between unconscious communication, group dynamics, containment and psychological development in a highly original way, Bion and Thoughts Too Deep for Words: Psychoanalysis, Suggestion, and the Language of the Unconscious will be of great interest to psychotherapists, psychologists and psychoanalysts who are interested in the relationship between psychoanalysis and suggestion.
Informed by Bion's ideas of containment, group functioning and the fundamental psychological need for truth, this book asserts that psychoanalysis, based solely on the search for truth, has, among all psychological interventions, both a unique claim to scientific status and a unique ability to foster psychological development.
Exploring the relationship between unconscious communication, group dynamics, containment and psychological development in a highly original way, Bion and Thoughts Too Deep for Words: Psychoanalysis, Suggestion, and the Language of the Unconscious will be of great interest to psychotherapists, psychologists and psychoanalysts who are interested in the relationship between psychoanalysis and suggestion.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-44456-3 (9780367444563)
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Psychoanalysis, Suggestion, and the Language of the Unconscious
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Psychoanalysis, Suggestion, and the Language of the Unconscious
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Person
Robert Caper, MD, is the author of three books and numerous articles on psychoanalysis. He has lectured in countries all around the world and currently resides in New York City and Vermont where he practices and teaches.
Content
Preface
Chapter 1: Song-and-dance
Chapter 2: Song-and-dance and the internal world
Chapter 3: The dynamics of unconscious communication
Chapter 4: Psychoanalysis and suggestion
Chapter 5: Psychoanalysis beyond suggestion
Chapter 6: The analyst's Oedipal dilemma
Chapter 7: Psychoanalysis and science
Chapter 8: The craft of psychoanalysis
Chapter 9: Psychoanalysis and play
Chapter 10: Containment, self-containment and identification
Chapter 11: Finding the context
Chapter 12: Summary and conclusions
Chapter 1: Song-and-dance
Chapter 2: Song-and-dance and the internal world
Chapter 3: The dynamics of unconscious communication
Chapter 4: Psychoanalysis and suggestion
Chapter 5: Psychoanalysis beyond suggestion
Chapter 6: The analyst's Oedipal dilemma
Chapter 7: Psychoanalysis and science
Chapter 8: The craft of psychoanalysis
Chapter 9: Psychoanalysis and play
Chapter 10: Containment, self-containment and identification
Chapter 11: Finding the context
Chapter 12: Summary and conclusions