1st Edition

Bion and Thoughts Too Deep for Words Psychoanalysis, Suggestion, and the Language of the Unconscious

By Robert Caper Copyright 2020
110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

110 Pages
by Routledge

Distinguishing psychoanalysis, as a search for truth, from suggestion, as a cure for symptoms, this book addresses the scientific status of psychoanalysis. Citing research into the relationship of infants to their caretakers, the author discusses evidence that unconscious communication is present from birth, and that this form of communication plays a central role in psychoanalysis at a level... Read more

Preface

Chapter 1: Song-and-dance

Chapter 2: Song-and-dance and the internal world

Chapter 3: The dynamics of unconscious communication

Chapter 4: Psychoanalysis and suggestion

Chapter 5: Psychoanalysis beyond suggestion

Chapter 6: The analyst’s Oedipal dilemma

Chapter 7: Psychoanalysis and science

Chapter 8: The craft of psychoanalysis

Chapter 9: Psychoanalysis and play

Chapter 10: Containment, self-containment and identification

Chapter 11: Finding the context

Chapter 12: Summary and conclusions

Biography

Robert Caper, MD, is the author of three books and numerous articles on psychoanalysis. He has lectured in countries all around the world and currently resides in New York City and Vermont where he practices and teaches.