
The Clinical Thinking of W. R. Bion in Brazil
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During these tours, Bion conducted over 130 public supervisions of analytic cases in English in which he explained his theories and illustrated their clinical application. Following on from the first volume, Bion in Brazil: Supervisions and Commentaries (2017), this book presents each supervision in full, with an accompanying commentary written by a senior Brazilian psychoanalyst and Bionian scholar. Arguably, no psychoanalyst has had as much impact on psychoanalytic development in Brazil than Bion, and this collection of his seminars, presented here for the first time, acts as a historical document and testament to his legacy in contemporary analysis.
The Clinical Thinking of W. R. Bion in Brazil provides a unique opportunity for contemporary psychoanalysts, candidates, and students to hear the distinctive 'voice' of Bion, observe how he listens in conversation, and learn how he would intervene in and interpret a clinical situation.
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'This is an extraordinary book. These encounters with Bion and his interlocutors, followed by a rich panoply of commentaries, are thrilling, moving, sometimes funny, occasionally dangerous and deeply wise.'Anne Alvarez, author of The Thinking Heart (Routledge, 2012)
'Levine, de Mattos Brito and Junqueiro de Mattos have given us an invaluable gift - an additional collection of seminars, accompanied by perceptive commentaries, which take us into the heart of Bion's clinical thinking, providing us with another vertex from which to observe the complexity of his thinking. Bion does not agree to take on the role of the one who knows, but rather takes us on an excursion through his mind, in the attempt to listen and find words for the ineffable emotional experience. Bion allows himself to be stimulated by the material presented to him, guided by his faith in the psychoanalytic method. If we agree to surrender to this way of listening, we too can be suddenly struck and moved by a new thought that dawns on us. Bion illustrates his way of working, always deeply aware of the immense difficulty in being an analyst, in finding "a language which conveys what you want it to convey, and at the same time, which the patient could understand", struggling against the perpetual "pressure to become insensitive, to grow a crust".'
Avner Bergstein, Israel Psychoanalytic Society; author of Bion and Meltzer's Expeditions into Unmapped Mental Life (Routledge, 2018)
'It is impossible not to be enthusiastic about this book. These fully recorded events offer readers the opportunity to follow Bion, as he expresses his ideas across 13 supervisions during his four visits to Brazil. Bion's comments reflect his evolving interest in working with the undifferentiated layers of the mind and the application of his intuitive approach. Additional layers of thought are added by the accompanying commentaries of senior Brazilian psychoanalysts, along with a precious Introduction by Nicola Abel-Hirsch.'
Joao Carlos Braga, Full Member, Supervisor, and Training Analyst at Sao Paulo's Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society and Psychoanalytic Group of Curitiba.
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Gisele de Mattos Brito is a Training and Supervising Analyst of the Psychoanalytic Society of Minas Gerais (SBPMG), Brazil, a full member of the Psychoanalytic Society of Sao Paulo (SBPSP), Brazil, and a former President of SBPMG. She co-edited the first volume of Bion in Brazil (2017) and is the author of many book chapters and scientific papers published in regional, national, and international psychoanalytic journals. Since 2009, she has coordinated the study of Bion's Supervision Seminars at the Society of Sao Paulo.
Jose Americo Junqueira de Mattos is a member and Training and Supervising Analyst of the Brazilian Society of Psychoanalysis of Sao Paulo and the Brazilian Society of Psychoanalysis of Ribeirao Preto. He has published many papers both in Brazil and abroad and is responsible for the preservation of Bion's Brazilian Supervisions. Since the beginning of his career, he has been interested in the ideas of Bion, who was his analyst.
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