Bions Legacy in São Paulo: Theoretical Applications from the São Paulo Psychoanalytic Society (SBPSP)

This collection illuminates the legacy of Wilfred R. Bion in Brazil, illustrating Bions continued inuence on the work of the São Paulo Psychoanalytic Society (SBPSP), how Bionian ideas are applied in contemporary psychoanalysis, and how current practice has evolved over time.

Evelise de Souza Marra and Cecil José Rezze bring together theoretical and clinical approaches to provide a thorough perspective on Bionian work in Brazil. The book includes chapters by senior analysts, well-respected teachers and analytic clinicians in contemporary Brazilian psychoanalysis, each of which explores a topic central to Bions formulations. With discussion of key themes including turbulence, emotional experience, transference, caesura and mental pain, this book demonstrates how Wilfred R. Bions thought has been developed, transformed and applied in Brazil since his visits there in the 1970s.

Bions Legacy in São Paulo will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, particularly those looking to understand Bions inuence in more depth, and for anyone interested in the practice of psychoanalysis in Latin America.