Full Description
This book introduces the psychoanalytic principles of both Winnicott and Bion, to compare the ways in which their concepts evolved, and to show how their different approaches contribute to distinctive psychoanalytic paradigms that warrant further research.
The book is comprised of five parts, each of which ends with a dialogue between authors, to provide an in-depth look at the perspectives of Winnicott and Bion on the following issues: the British Psychoanalytical Society; working with children and groups; the formulation of psychoanalytic principles; the consolidation of their ideas and new beginnings; and their clinical approaches. Structuring an analysis of Winnicott and Bion's work in this way simultaneously acts as a comprehensive introduction to their thinking and provokes further research into the ways in which the Winnicottian and Bionian traditions interact.
The Clinical Paradigms of Donald Winnicott and Wilfred Bion will appeal to all those seeking an introduction to psychoanalytic ideas and to these two schools of British Object Relations especially.
Contents
Introduction Part One: The British Psychoanalytical Society 1. Donald Winnicott and Kleinian Development 2. Wilfred Bion and Klein's Schizoid Mechanisms Summary Dialogue Part Two: Working with Children and Groups 3. Babies and their Families 4. Psychodynamics and the Psychosocial Summary Dialogue Part Three: The Principle Formulations 5. Holding 6. Transformations Summary Dialogue Part Four: Consolidation and New Beginnings 7. From Primary Maternal Preoccupation to the Use of an Object 8. Rethinking and Making an Impact Summary Dialogue Part Five: Clinical Approach 9. 'A Sample of the Original Failure' 10. Content and Process Summary Dialogue Glossary
