Transformational processes in clinical psychoanalysis : dreaming, emotions and the present moment

Series Editor Foreword by Gabriela Legorreta Preface by Giuseppe Civitarese Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: From Countertransference to Transformations Chapter 3: Bion's Discovery of Alpha Function: The Engine of Transformations Chapter 4: Bion's Transformations and Clinical Practice Chapter 5: The Analyst's Receptivity: Evolution of the Concept and Its Clinical Application Chapter 6: Ruptures in the Analytic Setting and Disturbances in the Transformational Field Dreams Chapter 7: The Unbearable Glare of Living: The Sublime, Bion's Theory of `O' and J. M. W. Turner, `Painter of Light'" Chapter 8: Three Unconscious Pathways to Representing the Analyst's Experience: Reverie, Countertransference Dreams and Joke-Work Chapter 9: Autistic Transformations I: From Ashes to Ashes: The Heroic Struggle of an Autistic Boy Trying to be Born and Stay Alive Chapter 10: Autistic Transformations II: The Capacity to Tell a Joke: Reflections from Work with Asperger's Children Chapter 11: "Notes on Memory and Desire": Implications for Working Through Chapter 12: Conclusion: On Freud's "The Question of a Weltanschauung" - A World of Perpetual Transformation?