ABSTRACT
Intuition occupies a prominent place in analytical receptivity. The authors see the availability of the analyst, always in training to a receptivity focused on intuition as a valuable trait that can be developed with infant observation methods. Esther Bick’s infant observation method – with its characteristics of prolonged immersion in the environment where the baby develops – creates a suitable atmosphere for intuition to appear. It usually favors moments of being without memory, without desire, without understanding, with time suspended, in which we are open to the appearance of the phenomenon of intuition. The practice of infant observation also helps us form intuitive contact with the preverbal infantile parts of our patients of any age – those that cannot be remembered in words because they are preconceptual. The idea that infant observation will increase the intuitive capacity of the observer comes from the enormous conceptual contribution of Bion to the transformations that take place within the analytic couple.
