Traumatised and Non-Traumatised States of the Personality : a Clinical Understanding Using Bion's Approach /

Lopez-Corvo, Rafael E.

Traumatised and Non-Traumatised States of the Personality : a Clinical Understanding Using Bion's Approach / Rafael E Lopez-Corvo. - London : Karnac Books, (c)2014. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION Theoretical considerations about pre-conceptual traumas andt raumatised and non-traumatised states of the personality; CHAPTER ONE "Evicted from life": time distortion between pre-conceptual and conceptual traumas; CHAPTER TWO The mark of Cain: ego and superego narcissistic identifications with pre-conceptual traumas; CHAPTER THREE The conceptualisation of pre-conceptual traumas; CHAPTER FOUR The unconscious: the messenger of truth from Bion's perspective of container-contained interaction CHAPTER FIVE Transformation of pre-conceptual traumas: heteromorphic or homeomorphic symbolisationsCHAPTER SIX "Deferred action" ("après coup") and the emotional interaction between pre-conceptual and conceptual traumas; CHAPTER SEVEN Pre-conceptual traumas as the tyrannical presence of absences; CHAPTER EIGHT Negative and positive links as a form of communication in the traumatised and non-traumatised states (TS TS); CHAPTER NINE The traumatised ego and the traumatising superego; CHAPTER TEN Acting out pre-conceptual traumas: interruption of therapy and "catastrophic change." CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Pre-conceptual traumas and totalitarianismNOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

This book offers an original conception of trauma and of the working mind that has not been previously presented. It is mostly based on essentials taken from Bion's contributions. All human beings are fatalistically marked by the presence and eventual disappearance of primary part-objects. Many of these 'presence-absences' are temporary events, but others will overcome Freud's ""protective shield"" and become permanent, amounting to an enduring distress or ""pre-conceptual trauma"". Like the Mad Hatter's teatime in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, pre-conceptual traumas become an eternal 'now.



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Bion, Wilfred R. 1897-1979.
Bion, Wilfred R 1897-1979


Personality.
Psychoanalysis.
Personality development.
Personality disorders.
Stress Disorders, Traumatic--psychology
Stress Disorders, Traumatic--therapy
Personality Development
Personality Disorders
Psychoanalytic Theory


Electronic Books.

BF173 / .T738 2014