Psychoanalysis of the Psychoanalytic Frame Revisited

A New Look at José Bleger’s Classic Work

Carlos Moguillansky, Howard B. Levine, Carlos Moguillansky, Howard B. Levine

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032172064
• eBook ISBN: 9781000628906
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Psychoanalysis of the Psychoanalytic Frame Revisited provides an in-depth discussion of José Bleger's work, broadening current knowledge and focusing on his significant contribution to psychoanalytic thinking. This work should prove especially relevant in considering the implications of changes in the treatment setting forced by the Covid pandemic.

This edited collection proposes a current debate on José Bleger's ideas on the psychoanalytic setting. The contributors here provide a broad overview of current discussions about the analytic setting, its clinical expressions and its technical management, engaging and transforming the concept of "encuadre" (frame). The book covers topics including early experiences, the psychoanalytic setting, symbiosis and applications in a pandemic. A common thread, Bleger's brilliant intuition, runs through the book, and the tense relationship between the frame and the figure maintains its dynamics throughout.

Psychoanalysis of the Psychoanalytic Frame Revisited will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, as well as anyone seeking to understand the work of José Bleger.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsements
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Series Editor’s Foreword
• Psycho-analysis of the psycho-analytic frame
• Introduction
• 1. What is the setting after all?
• 2. The psychoanalytic setting, embodiment and presence: Exploring José Bleger’s concept of encuadre
• 3. Psychic equivalency as an aspect of symbiosis
• 4. On the psychoanalytic frame and ambiguity as axes for the study of Bleger’s works
• 5. On Bleger’s view of the psychoanalytic frame: A critical approach
• 6. Of things that are not visible: José Bleger: A clinician for our times?
• 7. Thirst for infinity and the analytic frame: Reflections on Bleger and Matte-Blanco
• 8. Understanding early experiences: Bleger’s contribution to the undifferentiation of early states
• 9. Revisiting José Bleger’s ideas in times of pandemia
• Index