Bücher der Reihe The New Library of Psychoanalysis

Based on experience of analytic practice and illustrated by fascinating clinical material, this book addresses what the authors call the work of figurability as a way of outlining the passage from the unrepresentable to the representational.

Uses clinical material such as detailed reports of sessions, together with clients' analytic histories to develop Bion's original findings and illustrate complex concepts in the field of psychoanalytic technique.

Offers a psychoanalytical framework for clinicians to use in everyday general psychiatric practice, and discusses how psychoanalytic ideas can be of great value when used in the treatment of seriously disturbed and disturbing psychiatric patients with psychoses, including both schizophrenia and the affective disorders.