Building on Bion-- branches : contemporary developments and applications of Bion's contributions to theory and practice
The enduring influence of Bion's work - the many rich applications of his ideas to group therapy, group dynamics and organisational dynamics in the present day and looking to the future - is the central theme of this book. Chapters by distinguished international contributors from the fields of psychoanalysis, group analysis, management consultancy and social science cover work with large groups, Bion and the Tavistock conferences, and his ideas about thinking and learning, dreams and mentality. They clearly demonstrate Bion's originality and passion as he sought the distinctive essence of psyc
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9780585480145, 9781846423697, 9781843107118, 9781283904094, 0585480141, 1846423694, 1843107112, 1283904098
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Introduction; Part 1: Working with Groups; 1. Bion's Legacy to Median and Large Groups; 2. The large Groups and its Conductor; Part 2: Application- Putting Bion's Ideas to Work; 3. From Groups to Group Relations; 4. Alcaholics Anonymous as Medical Treatment for Alcaholism; 5. 'Attacks on Linking' and 'Alpha Function'; 6. Learning at the Edges between Knowing and Not-knowing; 7. Narcissism v. Social-ism Governing Thinking in Social Systems; Part 3: Bion as Pioneer in Thinking, Learning and Transmitting Knowledge; 8. Transcending the Caesura; 9. 'So you Want to Write a Fugue?'
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