Bion’s transformations and clinical practice
Keywords:
Bion, Mystical turn, O, Transformation K→OAbstract
This article explores the clinical applications of Bion’s book, Transformations (1965), which is known as a challenging book to understand. Although it is often seen as obscure, this article examines the clinically useful elements of the paper that are available to the practicing psychoanalyst. This paper assists the reader in understanding Bion’s valuable clinical contributions to psychoanalysis.
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