NERI C. (2009). The enlarged notion of field in psychoanalysis, in A. Ferro, R. Basile (eds.), The Analytic Field: A Clinical Concept, Karnak Books, London, 45-80. Abstract This article has attempted to re-propose the terms of a renewed comparison on an important subject: the clinical use of the notion of field. In the first part […]
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Neri, C., Discussion on Desire, Demand and Psychotherapy: On Large Groups and Neighbours by Stephen Frosh, in Despair, Dialogue and Desire. Acts of the 14th European Symposium in Group Analysis, Dublin, 18th-22nd August 2008, 1-2. Articolo in pdf discussion-on-desire-demand-and -psychotherapy-on-large-groups-and-neighbours-by-stephen-frosh
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Neri, C. (2008), Authenticity as an aim of Psychoanalysis, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 68, 325-349. ISSN: 0002-9548 Abstract This paper will present a series of predominantly clinical observations concerning the lengthy work a patient carries out, with the help of the analyst, in order to achieve greater personal authenticity. When this work is drawing to a […]
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Neri, C. (2007), Truth as a therapeutic factor, Funzione Gamma. Journal on line di Psicologia di Gruppo, 19. Disponibile da link Abstract Truth – according to Bion – has a performative character; it can bring about transformations. Analysis is a “veridical process” that helps the patient become himself. In order for this transformation to positively […]
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Neri, C. (2005), What is the function of faith and trust in psychoanalysis?, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 86 (1), 79-97. Abstract Unlike other concepts such as illusion, capacity to tolerate frustration and libidinal investment, the concept of faith has not yet found a well defined position in psychoanalytic theory. Bion focused on faith and placed […]
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Neri C. (2003). Anthropological Psychoanalysis, Bion’s Journeying in Italy in Lipgar R.M. e Pines M. (eds) Building on Bion : Roots Origins and Context of Bion’s Contribution’s to Theory and Practice, Jessica Kingsley Publ., London and New York Abstract Bion held his last seminar in Rome on 17th July 1977. Francesco Corrao, on behalf of […]
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Paper read at the international conference on « Training in Group Therapy : A challenge in a changing Mental Health Scenario » organized by the University Hospital of Geneva and co-sponsored by the World Psychiatric Association in Geneva, 19th – 20th September 2003 Abstract There are many reasons that bring a person to training in […]
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Neri, C. (2003). ‘Free Associations, Free Flowing Discussions and Group Thought’ Group Analysis. Vol 36(3):345–357 Abstract The author makes two basic points, ones that have not been elucidated in the literature. The first is that when group associations coalesce, in some sort of unified way, they form in two levels. One level is the manifest […]
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Neri C., Friedman R., Pines M., (2002). Introduction in Neri C., Friedman R., Pines M. (eds) Dreams in Group Psychotherapy Theory and Technique, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London and Philadelphia. Abstract The idea for this book was born during a meeting on a Roman terrace one sunny afternoon after a congress about ‘Dreams and the Group’. […]
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Group Analysis. Vol 36(3):345–357 Abstract I’m making two basic points, ones that have not been elucidated in the literature. The first is that when group associations coalesce, in some sort of unified way, they form in two levels. One level is the manifest theme that the therapist perceives and, in traditional group-as-a-whole approaches, interprets. The […]
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Abstract I will present the discussion in three parts. The first, which is very synthetic, will cover some of Bion’s theories as regards “Work Group Mentality”, “Basic Assumptions Group Mentality”, and their respective leaders. In the second, I will introduce J. Bleger’s “Syncretic Sociality” concept, which introduces a third type of “Group Mentality” different from […]
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Neri C. (1981). Introduzione al numero monotematico dedicato a W.R. BionRivista di Psicoanalisi, XXVII, 3-4, 1981, pp. 359-362 e per il testo inglese pp. 363-67 (in collaborazione con F. Corrao), bibl. di 3 titoli. Articolo in pdf introduction-to-bion