Containing States of Mind : Exploring Bion's 'Container Model' in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy


Duncan. Cartwright
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt
Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2014.
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1 online resource (287 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Encountering unbearable states of mind; 2 Projective identification, countertransference and the containing function; 3 The analyst's containing mind; 4 Polarities of the containing connection; 5 Notes on interpretation; 6 Speculations about proto-containing experiences; 7 Modes of interaction; 8 Idealizing the container; 9 Some aspects of beta-mentality: on mimicry and thinking in a technological age; 10 Beta-mentality in violent men; 11 The autistic mode in agoraphobic syndrome. - 12 The dead alive self in borderline statesReferences; Index. - Wilfred Bion's insights into the analytic process have had a profound influence on how psychoanalysts and psychotherapists understand emotional change and pathological mental states. One of his most influential ideas concerns the notion that we need the minds of others to develop our own emotional and cognitive capacities.In Containing States of Mind Duncan Cartwright explores and develops some of the implications that Bion's container model has on clinical practice. He argues that the analyst or therapist best fulfils a containing function by negotiating irreconcilab
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9781583918784. - 9781583918791

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