Developments in Field Theory for Psychotherapists, Psychoanalysts and Counsellors
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Developments in Field Theory for Psychotherapists, Psychoanalysts and Counsellors

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eBook - ePub

Developments in Field Theory for Psychotherapists, Psychoanalysts and Counsellors

About this book

This book explores developments in psychoanalytic field theory internationally, and their relevance for therapeutic theory and practice.

The roots of psychoanalytic field theory can be traced back to the work of Kurt Lewin, and it has taken particular shape in the hands of the Barangers, Bion and Ferro. The book's focus is on developments in field theory post-Bion ('Post-Bionian Field Theory') in Italy, with contributions from Brazil, Serbia and the USA, in the form of chapters by Boffito, Civitarese, Fagundes, Levine, Mazzacane, Mojovi?, Morgan-Jones and Snell and Penna and Hopper.

Among the themes the book explores are the transformative potentials of play and the centrality of dreaming. The book is informed by a psychoanalysis not so much of decoding and archeological uncovering as one of being and becoming, within a shared 'field' in which therapist and patient are partners in creating, exploring and developing. The chapter by Mojovíc and the commentary by Penna and Hopper extend the use of field theory: in other historical and geographical developments field theory and group analysis have productively been brought together, notably in Argentina where the two are most closely linked.

This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Psychology and Psychotherapy interested in field theory and contemporary psychoanalysis. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032513997
eBook ISBN
9781000958263
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Mental Health in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Citation Information
  7. Notes on Contributors
  8. Introduction to developments in field theory for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and counsellors
  9. 1 Stepping into the field Bion and the post-Bionian field theory of Antonino Ferro and the Pavia group
  10. 2 The Bion-Field Theory (BFT): Theory, clinical tools, controversial points
  11. 3 What does it mean to ‘play’ in analysis?
  12. 4 Making the best of a bad time: Characters and imagination in teleanalysis with children
  13. 5 Phenomenology of a field created by psychoanalyst and patients
  14. 6 Tesla transformers in the analytic fields in Serbia
  15. 7 Fields, systems, and silos - from electromechanics to the matrix: A commentary on ‘developments in field theory’
  16. Conclusion: Expanding Fields
  17. Index