The Somato-Psychic Realm: Analytic Receptivity and Resonance
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2025
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 168
- Category :
Forthcoming - Category 2 :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 97970
- ISBN 13 : 9781032864433
- ISBN 10 : 1032864435
Reviews and Endorsements
The Somato-Psychic Realm: Analytic Receptivity and Resonance is an extraordinary collection of essays exploring the interplay between the somatic and psychic realms in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Each chapter, written by distinguished scholars and clinicians, carefully examines Bion's revolutionary concepts and their influence on contemporary psychoanalysis. Rich with clinical illustrations emphasizing the inseparability of mind and body, this volume is essential for psychoanalysts and scholars wishing to deepen their understanding of Bion's legacy and the development of analytic thought.
Giuseppe Civitarese, author of On Arrogance: A Psychoanalytic Essay
In a brilliant contribution to psychoanalysis the editors extend its reach to the non-sensuous realm of the unrepresented, demystifying and exploring what Bion called O. Since language fails to reach this undifferentiated proto-mental level of functioning, the analyst must meet the patient by using his somatic registrations, “feeling in (his) flesh.” Nine international analysts contribute chapters elucidating the clinical challenges and opportunities of working at this deepest level: offering a vitalizing presence and availability to the patient requires an expanded use of oneself.
Karen Roos, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Society, USA
Like shafts of light in the darkness, this book offers pioneering contemporary insight into the most vital dimension of psychoanalysis today, where both pathos and mutative change are found in the shared, inchoate movements of embodied life. From different but related perspectives, ten eminent scholars of the nameless regions charted by Freud, Winnicott, and Bion show how analysts are captured by and work with unintegrated traumatic experiences that change them as it does their patients by giving the inexpressible some form. Dolan and David Power have crafted an indispensable guide for all who traverse this challenging but transformative domain.
Jack Foehl, Joint Editor in Chief, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Past President, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute