Articoli che contengono il tag: transformation

The Mind as a space to play: creating bonds within the group

di | Pubblicato in N.35 - Play, bond and change in Psychodynamic Group Therapy for Children | Contrassegnato , , , , , , |

Abstract Through the clinical material taken from the experience with therapeutic groups held at a Public Mental Health Service for children and adolescents in Rome, the group thought emerges as the individual play encounters, clashes and interweaves itself with the … Continua a leggere→

The Dream of Prometheus

di | Pubblicato in N.34 - Group psychotherapy and border areas of contemporary psychiatry | Contrassegnato , , , , |

Abstract The hypothesis that prompted the following article arose from aconsideration of dreams as important supports for analytical transformation. Beginning with Bionian concepts, the author demonstrates, using as a clinical example a group of patients with severe mental health disorders … Continua a leggere→

Bion’s Journey Between Bodies to Minds

di | Pubblicato in N.33 - A memoir of the future | Contrassegnato , , , , |

Abstract Bion developed many theories in his life, moving from one to another across a number of causurae.  Beginning with a psychological ideas arising during his medical training as a Doctor, and the influence of the surgeon Wilfred Trotter.  Then … Continua a leggere→

The adult and transformations in the group with children: from chaos to the game

di | Pubblicato in N.5 - Adult in the childs and adolescents group | Contrassegnato , , , |

Abstract The paper discusses the specific elements of clinical work with children in groups: some of these elements are meeting with the chaos, with the primitive emotions and the bodily involvement. Go through and deal with the analytical model these … Continua a leggere→

Truth as a therapeutic factor

di | Pubblicato in N.19 - Truth and evolution in "O" in Bion's work | Contrassegnato , , , , , , |

Abstract Truth – according to Bion – has a performative character; it can bring about transformations. Analysis is a “veridical process” that helps the patient become himself. In order for this transformation to positively occur, the search for truth must … Continua a leggere→

Preliminary reflections on psychoanalysis and narratology

di | Pubblicato in N.17 - Time and Narration | Contrassegnato , , , |

Abstract The author highlights analogies and differences between psychoanalysis and narratology. Particular attention is given to the various ways of understanding interpretation and the concept of character. The complexity of the analytic situation is highlighted, wherein two texts and two … Continua a leggere→