ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the observations that are made with the deepest affection, respect, and appreciation for Wilfred Bion's valuable contributions to psychoanalysts. It then summarizes supervision A1 comments around a few main lines of ideas. In his first intervention, Bion suggests that group members write down their "impression" of the patient. One of the main features of Bion's contributions: descriptively, to give heed to the emotional experience and learn from it; or, conceptually, to use the α function. This is the analyst's tool in a session. Then, he examines the question of the analyst feeling compelled to speak before desiring to do so, and how this pressure interferes with analytical observation. Finally, Bion's intervention does not assume the patient already has symbolic abilities, but, by "making" the interlocutor, the analyst leads to the commencement of analysis.
