ABSTRACT

This book touches upon many of the key areas of contemporary psychoanalysis: setting, technique, theory, as well as post-Bionian models and the 'Bionian Field Theory'. It is meant to be a self-defence handbook for new, usually young, analysts.

chapter One|9 pages

Identity

chapter Two|13 pages

The rules of the game

chapter Three|13 pages

Beginnings

chapter Four|18 pages

Matters of theory

chapter Five|16 pages

The road from Freud to Bion

chapter Six|11 pages

Travelling light

chapter Seven|18 pages

The analytic field

chapter Eight|8 pages

Technical issues

chapter Nine|30 pages

Dreaming

chapter Ten|7 pages

Meetings