When we come across the history of psychoanalysis, we identify an evolutionary path of the perception of the analyst's work in the apprehension of the phenomena of what happens in the analysis room, in the analytic encounter.

In reality, every dedicated analyst is faced with the need for evolution and continuous improvement.

Some analysts left us the privilege of a written legacy of the expansions they were able to grasp in the evolution of their analytical condition. Primarily, Sigmund Freud. Classically, we consider Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott and Wilfred Bion. But, also, others did.

The careful study of the legacy of psychoanalyst Wifred Ruprecht Bion (1897-1979) reveals the identification of a change in the focus of psychoanalysis from the content of unconscious manifestations to contact with the psychic process itself. Thus, we can identify an “early Bion” and a “late Bion” (Vermote, 2013).

It is considered that a significant change occurred in Wilfred Bion's thinking in the final chapters of his book “Transformations” (Bion, 1965), which were elaborated in “Attention and interpretation” (Bion, 1970/1984) and expressed in his trilogy “A Memoir of the Future” (Bion, 1979), in his autobiographies, many of his supervisions and in his last articles.

With the aim of promoting, publicizing and discussing these developments in psychoanalysis, the Scientific Department of the Brazilian Society of Psychoanalysis of Curitiba became interested and worked to create this International Journey on Psychoanalysis: two apprehensions of the analytical encounter: transformations in knowing and transformations in being /become.

Therefore, clinical psychoanalysts who can help us understand these developments were invited to be with us on this journey.
In this scenario, at an international level, psychoanalyst Rudi Vermote has examined and highlighted the repercussions of the proposals, in clinical work, of the “late Bion” and of apprehensions that we can make through contact with the undifferentiated area of the mind.

Arnaldo Chuster has a professional life dedicated to researching Wilfred Bion's theoretical and clinical proposals and their development. He has written books, articles, made presentations and coordinated numerous study groups, in Brazil and abroad, on the work of this psychoanalyst.

Carmen Mion apresenta em seus trabalhos a condição e a necessidade da sensibilidade do analista de trabalhar com o que se apresenta no campo da sessão e as possibilidades de transformações resultantes.

Edival Perrini has numerous works related to the dreamlike dimension of analytical work and aspects of the primordial mind, the working through process on the analytical work. He will be an important interlocutor in this dialogue.

João Carlos Braga has presented the different clinical horizons that become evident when the analyst privileges transformations in knowing (“Transformations in K”) and what opens up when paying attention to transformations in being or becoming (Transformations in “O”).

The Journey is scheduled for September 28th, it will be a morning and an afternoon of activities. It will take place in Curitiba, in person, but online participation will also be possible. The event will feature simultaneous translation, English – Portuguese, Portuguese – English.

On this website you will find the schedule and location of the day, information about the speakers, how to register, suggested hotels and tourist attractions in Curitiba, and a contact email so you can ask your questions.

We managed to bring together a very significant group of colleagues, we hope you can join us in identifying, studying, discussing and assimilating these proposals for psychoanalysis.

See you soon!
Andreas Zschoerper Linhares
(Scientific Director SBPCuritiba)

References

• Bion, W. R. (1979). A Memoir of the Future. Karnak Books
• Bion, W. R. (1989). Uma memória do futuro, Vol. 1 – o sonho (P. C. Sandler, Trad.). Martins Fontes.
• Bion, W. R. (1996a). Uma memória do futuro, Vol. 2 – o passado apresentado (P. C. Sandler, Trad.). Imago.
• Bion, W. R. (1996b). Uma memória do futuro, Vol. 3 – a aurora do esquecimento (P. C. Sandler, Trad.). Imago.
• Bion, W. R. (1965). Transformations: from learning to growth (P. C. Sandler, Trad.). Imago. William Heinemann Meical Books.
• Bion, W. R. (1984). Attention and Interpretation. Karnac (Original work published in 1970)
• Vermote, R. (2011) On the value of ‘late Bion’ to analytic theory and practice. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 92:5, 1089-1098
• Vermote, R. (2019) Reading Bion. The New Library of Psychoanalysis, Ed. Dana Birksted-Breen. Routledge.