Wondering and Wandering: In Defense of Free Association and the Fundamental Rule.

"Free association" and the "fundamental rule" are bedrock for psychoanalytic therapy and apply to what both patient and analyst should experience in the process. The article traces Sigmund Freud's revolutionary recognition of the importance of free association that began with his tribute to the works of Ludwig Börne and Friedrich Schiller. The author invokes other proposals akin to free association made by artists and scientists, including John Keats, Charles Dickens, Robert Frost, Thomas S. Kuhn, Arthur Koestler, and Albert Einstein. While emphasizing the importance and the liberatory potential of free association as it relates to effective treatment and discovery, the author contends that there is a "moral press" for both the patient and the analyst to permit free associative thoughts, particularly to question assumptions about how things are supposed to be.

Playing, Paradox, and Analytic Activity Between Knowing and Being.

The author explores some ways that we help patients to hold paradoxical realities intrinsic to transference and play in analytic work. He suggests that Winnicott's guardianship of the setting for the emergence of playing raises questions about the role of neutrality in an ontological analysis. The author tries to demonstrate some ways that the work of helping patients to hold paradox in play overlaps with a concept that he has earlier referred to as an activity of neutrality. He explores how in the analytic process, understanding and being are two dimensions of the analytic process that work in concert with each other. Often the analyst works quietly in spaces between epistemological and ontological approaches in the holding of paradox.

Bion's Transformations and Clinical Practice.

Wilfred Bion's contributions to psychoanalysis are numerous: his early work on the psychology of groups that grew out of his experiences in the first World War; theories and work on the treatment of psychosis with Melanie Klein and later psychoanalysis with her; and the beginning of his own theoretical and clinical ideas, which nurtured analytic thinking and treatment approaches beginning in the mid-1960's followed by his relocation to the United States (1967). Bion's thinking can be deceptively simple, such as his statement that his third book, Transformations (1965), considered by many as exceptionally dense, is about "the communication of both patient and analyst about an emotional experience" (p. 29).

Receptivity to the Weight and Heft of the Natural World in our Inner Selves.

Through the literary explorations and poetry of Alice Oswald, and through analysis of detailed clinical material from a Kleinian perspective, the authors expand the bounds of reverie as it is usually construed in psychoanalytic consulting rooms. The authors draw attention to the presence of a relationship to the more-than-human world as an integral aspect of our internal experience, and to the value of consideration of the quality and dynamic meaning of connections to the natural world in ordinary analytic work. The relationship to the primary object heavily influences the form taken by the relationship to the natural world, but once established, this connection has the possibility for a life of its own, that can provide a different kind of containment than the human variety, allow experimentation with new ways of being, and can strengthen the ego. The authors address the clinical implications of listening enhanced by an ear for affiliation to the natural world.

The Process of Case Writing: A Fourth Pillar of Analytic Training.

The educational and clinical effects of the process of case writing during analytic training have not been extensively studied, even though the case report, as a product, has prompted attempts to make it a more revealing and accurate document. Countertransference experiences during an analysis can constrain both the candidate's writing and the analytic work, while examining them during the writing process can deepen the candidate's analytic work. Three overlapping resistances to the writing, and their underlying anxieties, are described. These are publication resistances: concerns about the anticipated reception of the candidate's work by potentially critical readers; transference resistances: feelings toward the analytic institute that requires the writing; and countertransference or reimmersion resistances: fears of reawakening reactions from the analysis. These can interfere with finding a safe internal space in which to write. Examples are given of writing through of these resistances during case supervision, resulting in more open writing and in a deepening of the analytic work. As the case writing process can have direct and potentially profound effects on the candidate's current and future analytic work, it is proposed that the process of case writing is a fourth pillar of analytic training, in addition to the candidate's personal analysis, case supervision, and didactic seminars.

Intuition and we-ness in Bion and post-Bionian field theory.

"Intuition" is probably the most frequently used term in all Bion's writings. However, in order to understand its role in his thought it is essential to give it the clearest possible definition. The thesis of this article is that by intuition Bion means a "specific" psychoanalytic concept. It is thus possible to extract intuition from the vague and mystifying reading of it by some authors, whic runs the risk of falling into an empty "intuitionism". For Bion, intuition is a psychoanalytic function of the analyst, the principal factors of which are the various expressions of dream-thought and insight. Furthermore, within the frame of the post-Bionian theory of the analytic field, the author suggests adding to these factors the use of the "we" vertex (or we-ness), i.e. to regard virtually every fact of analysis as co-created. The aim is to make the very concept of "field" more accessible. Compared with the metaphor of the analytic field, the concept of we-ness has both greater clinical versatility and greater pregnancy on the metapsychological plane. Indeed, it more directly reflects a radically social conception of human subjectivity: what is known in contemporary speculative thought - in J-L. Nancy, for example - as the "ontology of we".

To Feel in My Flesh: Receptivity, Resonance, Representation, and The Beta Screen.

When we are confronted with the challenge of trying to fully convey or describe something about human life and emotional experience, we find ourselves up against the very limitations of language. This problem becomes especially relevant as we attempt to expand psychoanalytic theory so as to enable us to "approach a mental life unmapped by the theories elaborated for the understanding of neurosis" (Bion1962, p. 37). This paper seeks to aid in that expansion by revisiting Bion's early writings about the beta screen, extending his conclusions about communication from the psychotic part of the mind to the broad area of the unrepresented (the unstructured unconscious), suggesting that there is often a potentially communicative meaning, a mute plea for intersubjective regulatory assistance (alpha function), embedded in the unconscious evocation of emotions in the object and that this cry for help may be encrypted in even the most seemingly destructive, resistant and oppositional patients.

Abolishing the Captivity of a Tyrannized Woman: Evidence of Bion's Concept of the Contact-Barrier as Manifested in Dreams.

Bion's notion of the contact-barrier formulates a semipermeable membrane responsible for preserving the distinction between the conscious and the unconscious. However, the question of how a newly established contact-barrier manifests itself in dreams remains unanswered. The author proposes that one such manifestation occurs when a patient sees themself asleep in a dream. A case of a severely traumatized woman who had difficulty thinking and being close to others is used to explore these clinical ideas. The author, in response to his reveries in a session, introduced a playful dream-like dialogue between a playwright and his reader. The nature of the communication, in functioning as a barrier, served to protect the patient from a tyrannizing reality: the therapist's sexuality. This intersubjective barrier helped the patient to contact dissociated and damaged parts of herself, and it also facilitated her ability to dream a sense of her own boundaries, femininity, and sexuality.

A Letter from Winnicott to Bion: An Imaginative Conjecture to Illustrate a Paradigm Transformation.

On the evening of October 5, 1955, Bion presented the paper Differentiation between the psychotic and non-psychotic personalities to the British Society of Psychoanalysis. Two days later, on October seventh, Winnicott commented on Bion's paper in a letter and in particular, discussed its clinical material. The author makes use of this exchange to examine how the transformations that took place in Bion's thought and Winnicott's contributions helped bring about a quantum revolution of the psychoanalytic paradigm. These may have facilitated the transition from an epistemological psychoanalysis (where what matters is what the analyst knows and what the patient comes to know about himself) to an ontological psychoanalysis (where the presence of the analyst becomes crucial-everything that the analyst is and the way in which he manages to become the patient's emotional experience). And what we witness in ontological psychoanalysis is a significant clinical transformation in which a theory of technique that focuses on interpretation can coexist with a theory of technique enriched, in the author's perspective, with new tools that make it possible to treat the most severely ill patients.

De la formación en observación de bebés Método Bick a la intervención clínica: embarazo-parto-crianza / From the Bick Method baby observation training to clinical intervention: pregnancy-birth-upbringing

Apartir de la creación de la plataforma solidaria COVID-2019 de la Asociación Psicoanalítica Argentina (APA) enel comienzo de la pandemia, las experiencias de contacto a distancia con quienes sufrían situaciones extremasde vulnerabilidad transcurrieron ininterrumpidamente hasta hoy. La formación en observación psicoanalítica debebés Método Bick, en su aplicación “con intervención”, sostiene las posibles intervenciones que promueventransformaciones de bebés y madres-padres. Como institución, la Asociación Latinoamericana de Observadoresde Bebés (ALOBB) ofrece la contención idónea para no decaer en las funciones mentales que se activan parallevar a cabo nuestros proyectos clínicos. Se transcriben experiencias clínicas, teorías e investigaciones de base.(AU)

pregnancy-birth-upbringing. Sincethe creation of the COVID-2019 solidarity platform of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association (APA) at thebeginning of the pandemic, the experiences of long-distance contact with those suffering extreme situationsof vulnerability have continued uninterruptedly until today. The Bick Method psychoanalytic infant observationtraining, in its application “intervention”, supports possible interventions that promote transformations of infantsand mother-parents. As an institution, the Asociación Latinoamericana de Observadores de Bebés (ALOBB)offers the ideal support to avoid losing the mental functions that are activated while carrying out our clinicalprojects. Clinical experiences, theories and basic research are transcribed.(AU)

A partir de lacreació de la plataforma solidària COVID-2019 de l’Associació Psicoanalítica Argentina (APA) al començamentde la pandèmia, les experiències de contacte a distància amb els qui patien situacions extremes de vulnerabilitatvan transcórrer ininterrompudament fins avui. La formació en observació psicoanalítica de nadons Mètode Bick,en la seva aplicació “amb intervenció”, sosté les possibles intervencions que promouen transformacions de na-dons, mares i pares. Com a institució, l’Associació Llatinoamericana d’Observadors de Nadons (ALOBB) ofereixla contenció idònia per no decaure en les funcions mentals que s’activen per dur a terme els nostres projectesclínics. Es transcriuen experiències clíniques, teories i investigacions de base.(AU)

Raw reveries, polaroid reveries: Some hypotheses about possible functions and technical uses of reveries in the session.

The author tries to show how the epiphany of a reverie during a session can become a source of unexpected intuitions about the essence and possible figurability of the emotional experience which is flowing in the here-and-now of the analytic life. Reverie becomes an important analytic source above all when an analyst is in contact with primordial states of the mind, characterized by turbulences of unrepresentable feelings and sensations. In this paper the author outlines a hypothetical kit of functions, technical uses and analytic effects of a reverie in an analytic process, working through the idea of analysis as the transformation in dreaming of the nightmares and terrors which beset and trouble the patient's mind. In particular the author describes: (a) the use of reverie as a criterion of analysability in first consultation meetings; (b) the specificity of two different types of reverie, which the author names reveries polaroid and raw reveries; and (c) the possible disclosure of a reverie in case of a specific kind of reverie that the author calls polaroid reverie. Sketches of analytic life become living portraits of the hypothesis proposed by the author about these different possible uses of a reverie in analytic work, as a probe and resource for beginning and developing a course of analysis that engages with archaic and presymbolic areas of psychic functioning.

Sussurrando nas bordas: captando fenômenos efêmeros / Whispering at the Edges: Engaging Ephemeral Phenomena / Susurrar en los Bordes: Captar Fenómenos Efímeros

Este artigo conceitua a capacidade do analista de reconhecer e captar fenômenos efêmeros no setting analítico como um pilar essencial do engajamento analítico profundo. Propõe que a capacidade do analista de se envolver com o efêmero é uma progressão desenvolvimentista contínua que complementa e aprofunda as outras áreas do conhecimento analítico adquiridas durante o treinamento, como teoria, técnica, padrões arquetípicos, psicopatologia e desenvolvimento. O artigo fornece uma definição funcional do efêmero e se concentra na experiência fenomenológica do efêmero. Também discute o uso do devaneio no engajamento com o efêmero e o uso da poesia para desenvolver a sensibilidade e a capacidade de resposta do analista a momentos efêmeros.

This paper conceptualizes the analyst's capacity to recognize and engage ephemeral phenomena in the analytic setting as an essential pillar of deep analytic engagement. It proposes that the analyst's capacity to engage the ephemeral is an ongoing developmental progression which complements and deepens the other areas of analytic knowledge acquired during analytic training, such as theory, technique, archetypal patterns, psychopathology, and development. The paper provides a working definition of the ephemeral and focuses on the phenomenological experience of the ephemeral. It also discusses the use of reverie in ephemeral engagement and the use of poetry to develop the analyst's sensitivity and responsivity to ephemeral moments.

Este artículo conceptualiza la capacidad del analista para reconocer y participar en fenómenos efímeros en el entorno analítico como un pilar esencial del compromiso analítico profundo. Propone que la capacidad del analista para comprometerse con lo efímero es una progresión de desarrollo continuo que complementa y profundiza las otras áreas del conocimiento analítico adquiridas durante la formación analítica, como la teoría, la técnica, los patrones arquetípicos, la psicopatología y el desarrollo. El artículo proporciona una definición de trabajo de lo efímero y se centra en la experiencia fenomenológica de lo efímero. También analiza el uso de la ensoñación en el compromiso efímero y el uso de la poesía para desarrollar la sensibilidad y la capacidad de respuesta del analista a los momentos efímeros.

Working with patients with disruptions in symbolic capacity.

This article focuses on understanding and working with patients who have poorly developed symbolic capacity, or for whom symbolic capacity has been disrupted due to trauma, particularly as it pertains to the use of reverie and interpretation in the analytic process. Many patients who present for Jungian analysis will initially present with deficits in symbolic functioning. This situation results in necessary limitations or modifications in utilizing traditional Jungian techniques such as dream analysis, active imagination, sand tray and other expressive art techniques. The initial phase of analytic work with these patients requires a focus on developing their symbolic capacity before traditional Jungian techniques can be utilized effectively. During the paper Jung's concept of 'the symbolic attitude' will be examined as well as the conceptual models of Wilfred Bion and other post-Bionians who outline theories and method for cultivating symbolic capacity and reflective functioning in patients for whom these capacities are impaired or poorly developed.

Cet article se concentre sur la compréhension et le travail avec des patients dont la capacité symbolique est mal développée, ou pour qui la capacité symbolique a été perturbée par le traumatisme. Ceci concerne tout particulièrement l'utilisation de la rêverie et de l'interprétation dans le processus analytique. Beaucoup de patients qui viennent pour une analyse Jungienne montrent initialement des déficits dans le fonctionnement symbolique. Ceci a pour conséquence des limitations nécessaires ou des modifications dans l'utilisation de techniques traditionnelles Jungiennes telles l'analyse des rêves, l'imagination active, la thérapie par le jeu de sable et autres techniques d'expression par l'art. La phase initiale du travail analytique avec ces patients requiert de mettre l'accent sur le développement de leur capacité symbolique avant que les techniques Jungiennes traditionnelles puissent être utilisée de manière efficace. Dans l'article, le concept Jungien 'd'attitude symbolique' sera étudié ainsi que les modèles conceptuels de Wilfred Bion et d'autres post-Bioniens qui présentent des théories et une méthode pour cultiver la capacité symbolique et le fonctionnement réfléchi chez des patients pour qui ces capacités sont déficientes ou mal développées.

El presente artículo se focaliza en la comprensión y trabajo con pacientes que han tenido un desarrollo limitado de su capacidad simbólica, o para quienes, la capacidad simbólica se ha visto perturbada debido a un trauma, particularmente en lo que se refiere al uso del reverie y de la interpretación en el proceso analítico. Muchos pacientes que se presentan para un análisis Junguiano, presentan inicialmente deficitis en su funcionamiento simbólico. Esta situación tiene como resultado limitaciones necesarias o modificaciones en la utilización de técnicas Junguianas tradicionales como el análisis de sueños, la imaginación activa, la caja de arena y otras técnicas artísticas y expresivas. La fase inicial del trabajo analítico con estos pacientes requiere hacer foco en el desarrollo de su capacidad simbólica antes de que técnicas Junguianas tradicionales puedan utilizarse efectivamente. Durante el escrito se examina el concepto de Jung de `actitud simbólica`, así como los modelos conceptuales de Wilfred Bion y otros post-Bionianos quienes describen teorías y métodos para cultivar la capacidad simbólica y el funcionamiento reflexivo en pacientes para quienes estas capacidades se encuentran perturbadas o poco desarrolladas.

Hot Feelings: Sexual Transference and Countertransference with Male Mid-Adolescents and a Female Psychoanalyst.

The author focuses on the workings of the female analyst-male pair in the consulting room when sexual feelings emerge as part of the adolescent storm. The need for open-bodiedness in relation to the perception of the bodily states of both the analyst and analysand is described and discussed. The author shows how somatic countertransference, reverie, and projective identification are harnessed creatively in the service of transformation. The importance of the third to help provide an analytic space for thought and meaning, rather than enactment and impasse, is discussed. The trajectory from the analyst's wish to silence sexual transference and countertransference in the consulting room, followed by the analyst's initial reluctance to discuss the hot feelings with colleagues, and then the impact of publication anxiety when writing through the experiences and revising this paper is described.

Stance, Set, Transference: The Differentiation of Two Modes of Clinical Technique.

Comparative approaches to psychoanalytic theory are a major source of exposure to different theoretical orientations and clinical technique. However, it is not always clear what the analyst actually does when translating theory into practice. As an attempt at clarification, descriptions are provided of two listening stances or attentional sets that are associated with different modes of analytic listening. These modes reside at a relatively low level of abstraction and are experience-near. The two listening stances are (1) a directed attentional set aimed at the identification of conscious or unconscious repetitious patterns, and (2) a diffuse attentional set receptive to emergent phenomena for the purpose of elaborating unconscious fantasy. These listening modes are combined in everyday practice and usually occur in an oscillating fashion; thus, separation of these listening modes in this discussion is for heuristic purposes. At the same time, these modes are prioritized differently among various theoretical models depending on the analyst's intention and goals. They also can be correlated with different types of transferences, evoking different types of clinical material that correspond to the analyst's goals and/or to phases in treatment. Because these attentional modes are governed by different neurophysiological substrates, it is helpful for analysts to have these modes clearly differentiated in their minds, even though engaging these modes tends to be spontaneous and rapidly oscillating. Two clinical vignettes are provided that illustrate the use of these two modes of listening where one or the other is prioritized.

Assisted dying: reflections on the psychological process.

This paper explores the question of assisted dying from both a legal and psychological perspective within the legal parameters in place at the time of writing of this paper. Links are made between Kohut's notion of an acceptance of the finiteness of existence and of transience as one of several indicators of the maturation and transformation of archaic narcissism, and Jung's notion of the readiness and ability to 'die with life' as the goal of the second half of life. The author raises awareness of the importance of the need for clarity with regard to these issues on the part of therapists who may be required to provide an evaluation of a patient's admissibility to a service of assisted dying.

Cet article explore le sujet de l'aide à la mort, à la fois du point de vue légal et psychologique, dans les paramètres légaux en place au moment de son écriture. L'article fait des liens entre la notion de Kohut - l'acceptation de l'aspect fini de l'existence et de son caractère éphémère comme l'un des indicateurs de la maturation et de la transformation du narcissisme archaïque - et l'idée de Jung selon laquelle le but de la seconde moitié de la vie est de développer sa capacité à « mourir avec la vie ¼. L'auteur attire l'attention sur l'importance du besoin de clarté concernant ces questions chez les thérapeutes auxquels on pourrait demander de fournir une évaluation de l'admissibilité d'un patient dans un service d'aide à la mort.

El presente trabajo explora el tema del acompañar el proceso de morir desde una perspectiva legal y psicológica en el marco de los parámetros legales existentes al momento de escribir el trabajo. Se plantean conexiones entre la noción de Kohut, de aceptación de la finitud de la existencia y la de transitoriedad como uno de los muchos indicadores de maduración y transformación del narcisismo primitivo, y la noción de Jung de disponibilidad y habilidad para 'morir con vida' como meta en la segunda mitad de la vida. El autor trae a la consciencia la importancia de la necesidad de claridad con respecto a estas cuestiones por parte de terapeutas quienes pueden ser requeridos para dar una evaluación sobre la admisibilidad de un paciente a un servicio de muerte asistida.

Este artigo explora a questão da morte assistida de uma perspectiva jurídica e psicológica dentro dos parâmetros legais em vigor no momento da redação deste artigo. São feitas ligações entre a noção de Kohut de aceitação da finitude da existência e da transitoriedade como um dos vários indicadores da maturação e transformação do narcisismo arcaico, e a noção de Jung da prontidão e capacidade de "morrer com vida" como o objetivo da segunda metade da vida. O autor conscientiza sobre a importância da necessidade de clareza em relação a essas questões por parte dos terapeutas que podem ser obrigados a fornecer uma avaliação da admissibilidade de um paciente a um serviço de morte assistida.

Whispering at the edges: engaging ephemeral phenomena.

This paper conceptualizes the analyst's capacity to recognize and engage ephemeral phenomena in the analytic setting as an essential pillar of deep analytic engagement. It proposes that the analyst's capacity to engage the ephemeral is an ongoing developmental progression which complements and deepens the other areas of analytic knowledge acquired during analytic training such as theory, technique, archetypal patterns, psychopathology and development. The paper provides a working definition of the ephemeral and focuses on the phenomenological experience of the ephemeral. It also discusses the use of reverie in ephemeral engagement and the use of poetry to develop the analyst's sensitivity and responsivity to ephemeral moments.

Cet article conceptualise la capacité de l'analyste à reconnaitre et à collaborer avec les phénomènes éphémères dans le cadre analytique comme un pilier essentiel pour une implication analytique profonde. L'article propose que cette capacité de l'analyste à impliquer l'éphémère est une progression, développementale et continue, qui vient compléter et approfondir les autres domaines de la connaissance analytique, acquis durant la formation analytique comme la théorie, la technique, les schémas archétypaux, la psychopathologie et le développement. L'article fournit une définition basique de l'éphémère et se concentre sur l'expérience phénoménologique de l'éphémère. Il aborde aussi l'utilisation de la rêverie dans la collaboration avec l'éphémère et l'utilisation de la poésie pour développer la sensibilité de l'analyste et sa réceptivité aux moments éphémères.

El presente trabajo conceptualiza la capacidad del analista para reconocer y captar fenómenos efímeros en el espacio analítico como un pilar esencial del compromiso analítico profundo. Propone que la capacidad del analista para captar lo efímero en una progresión continua en desarrollo, complementa y profundiza otras áreas del conocimiento analítico adquiridas durante la formación analítica como teoría, técnica, patrones arquetipales, psicopatología y desarrollo. El trabajo ofrece una definición en progreso de lo efímero y se focaliza en la experiencia fenomenológica de lo efímero. También examina el uso del reverie en la captación de lo efímero y el uso de la poesía para desarrollar la sensibilidad del analista y su receptividad a momentos efímeros.

Este artigo conceitua a capacidade do analista de reconhecer e envolver fenômenos efêmeros no ambiente analítico como um pilar essencial do profundo engajamento analítico. Propõe que a capacidade do analista de envolver o efêmero é uma progressão contínua do desenvolvimento que complementa e aprofunda as outras áreas do conhecimento analítico adquiridas durante o treinamento analítico, como teoria, técnica, padrões arquetípicos, psicopatologia e desenvolvimento. O artigo fornece uma definição funcional do efêmero e se concentra na experiência fenomenológica do efêmero. Também discute o uso do devaneio no engajamento efêmero e o uso da poesia para desenvolver a sensibilidade e a responsividade do analista a momentos efêmeros.

Becoming a mother when suffering from a chronic illness.

Introduction: The critical period of early motherhood when facing serious health problems constitutes a major public health issue. The disease may interfere with, influence, and compound the difficulties experienced over the course of pregnancy and during the parenthood processes. These processes are to be understood as a passage involving so many changes and fraught with difficulties leading to a series of psychological mobilizations. Illness also needs to be considered as a moment of transition, sometimes of severance, marking the lives of the people concerned in a more or less lasting way. Various developments are possible, some of which can be envisaged as leading to more positive outcomes, while others appear as if blocked or doomed to failure. Clinical data and method: This clinical study is the result of twelve analytically oriented psychotherapeutic follow-ups. The sessions took place weekly over periods ranging from 1 to 6 years. Some of the patients we met had become pregnant while they had a declared but not yet chronic nephropathy. The other patients were already on dialysis and had become mother before starting dialysis. There is also one instance of a pregnant patient on dialysis. In the background, there are also many women who talked about giving up fertility and motherhood. After an in-depth study of each follow-up, a cross-sectional study was conducted to identify the main themes. Results and discussion: Main considerations on the psychotherapeutic treatment: We regularly observe people who find it impossible to muster the internal resources that would enable them to deal with the trials they undergo in such situations. For the psychologist, there is a need to listen to archaic remnants. Gradually, in the space of psychotherapeutic work, possibilities of "reanimation" of the psyche emerge, an internal space that renews fantasmatic activity as it begins to be able to project into the external space and into the space of the sessions.

Desdobramentos psicopatológicos da identificação projetiva na parte bebê do self / Psychopathological evolution of projective identification in the baby part of the self

RESUMO: Discutiremos os desdobramentos psicopatológicos na zona arcaica da subjetividade quando a identificação projetiva perde sua dimensão de comunicação primitiva, assumindo um caráter radical de evacuação e prejudicando a rêverie materna. Estudaremos as experiências precoces do psiquismo englobadas na parte bebê do self, fundamentais aos processos de simbolização primária. Suas falhas se manifestam na clínica através de intensos sofrimentos capitaneados por angústias primitivas, como as de abandono e de separação, que acarretam respostas radicais, tais como a fragmentação e a despersonalização. Apresentaremos um fragmento clínico para ilustrar a forma de desorganização psíquica própria às falhas na parte bebê do self.

Abstract: We will discuss the psychopathological evolution in the archaic zone of subjectivity when the projective identification loses its primitive communication dimension, assuming a radical role of evacuation and damaging the maternal rêverie. We will study the early experiences of the psyche embedded in the baby part of the self, fundamental to the processes of primary symbolization. Their failures are manifested in the clinic through intense sufferings captained by primitive anxieties, such as abandonment and separation, which lead to severe responses such as fragmentation and depersonalization. We will present a clinical fragment to illustrate the archaic forms of psychic disorganization proper to failures in the baby part of the self.

Habitando a noite nas trevas dos sentidos / Dwelling the night in the darkness of the senses / Viviendo la noche en la oscuridad de los sentidos / Vivre la nuit dans l'obscurité des sens

O presente trabalho expõe as ideias de Bion sobre transformações em alucinose, sustentadas por uma experiência clínica. Também trabalha as ideias de capacidade negativa, reverie e continente-contido. Traz considerações sobre a construção de significados pela dupla analista-analisando, tendo como pano de fundo manifestações de dor e terror que são experimentadas no campo analítico. A pergunta que o trabalho suscita (mas que não ousa responder) é: Como o analista poderá alcançar um instrumento auxiliar a fim de permitir que a sessão aconteça com atenção relaxada e atitude aberta, contribuindo para a sobrevivência do vínculo analítico, considerando a ocorrência de fatos não digeridos, objetos bizarros, identificação projetiva excessiva, alucinose, inveja e destrutividade?

The present work exposes Bion's ideas about transformations in hallucinosis, supported by a clinical experience. It also works on the ideas of negative capacity, reverie and continent-contained. It brings considerations about the construction of meanings by the analyst-patient duo, against the background of pain and terror manifestations that are experienced in the analytical field. The question that the work raises (but which it does not dare to answer) is: How can the analyst be able to reach an auxiliary instrument in order to allow the session to take place with relaxed attention and an open attitude, contributing to the survival of the analytic bond, considering the occurrence of undigested facts, bizarre objects, excessive projective identification, hallucinosis, envy, and destructiveness?

El presente trabajo expone las ideas de Bion sobre las transformaciones en la alucinosis, respaldadas por una experiencia clínica. También trabaja sobre las ideas de capacidad negativa, ensueño y continente-contenido. Aporta consideraciones sobre la construcción de significados por parte del dúo analista-paciente, en el contexto de las manifestaciones de dolor y terror que se experimentan en el campo analítico. La pregunta que plantea el trabajo (pero que no se atreve a contestar) es: ¿Cómo puede el analista llegar a un instrumento auxiliar para permitir que la sesión se desarrolle con una atención relajada y una actitud abierta, contribuyendo a la supervivencia del vínculo analítico, considerando la ocurrencia de hechos no digeridos, objetos extraños, identificación proyectiva excesiva, alucinosis, envidia y destructividad?

Le présent travail expose les idées de Bion sur les transformations dans l'hallucinose, soutenues par une expérience clinique. Il travaille également sur les idées de capacité négative, de rêverie et de contenu continental. Il apporte des réflexions sur la construction de sens par le duo analyste-analyseur, sur fond de manifestations de douleur et de terreur vécues dans le champ analytique. La question que pose le travail (mais à laquelle il n'ose pas répondre) est : Comment l'analyste peut-il accéder à un instrument auxiliaire afin de permettre à la séance de se dérouler avec une attention détendue et une attitude ouverte, contribuant à la survie de la lien, compte tenu de la survenue de faits non digérés, d'objets bizarres, d'une identification projective excessive, d'hallucinose, d'envie et de destructivité ?