1st Edition

Developments in Field Theory for Psychotherapists, Psychoanalysts and Counsellors

Edited By Robert Snell, Richard Morgan-Jones, Del Loewenthal Copyright 2024
162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

162 Pages
by Routledge

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')... Read more

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

Del Loewenthal

1. Stepping into the field Bion and the Post-Bionian field theory of Antonino Ferro and the Pavia group

Howard B. Levine

2. The Bion-Field Theory (BFT): Theory, clinical tools, controversial points

Fulvio Mazzacane

3. What does it mean to ‘play’ in analysis?

Giuseppe Civitarese

4. Making the best of a bad time characters and imagination in teleanalysis with children

Sara Boffito

5. Phenomenology of a field created by psychoanalyst and patients

Mércia Maranhão Fagundes

6. Tesla transformers in the analytic fields in Serbia

Marina Mojović

7. Fields, systems, and silos - from electromechanics to the matrix: A commentary on ‘developments in field theory

Carla Penna and Earl Hopper

Conclusion: Expanding Fields

Richard Morgan-Jones and Robert Snell

Biography

Robert Snell is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University and a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in private practice. He is the author of Cézanne and the Post-Bionian Field - An Exploration and a Meditation (2021)

Richard Morgan-Jones is an Organisational Consultant and a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in private practice. He directs Work Force Health: Consulting and Research. He is the author of The Body of the Organisation and its Health (2010)

Del Loewenthal is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the University of Roehampton; and, chair of the Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling (SAFPAC), London, UK. He is a psychoanalytic and existential-analytic psychotherapist, and chartered psychologist, with a particular interest in phenomenology. www.delloewenthal.com; www.SAFPAC.co.uk