To Know or Not to Know: An Application of Bion's K and -K to Child Treatment

Autor/inn/en	Brady, Mary; Tyminski, Robert; Carey, Kristen
Titel	To Know or Not to Know: An Application of Bion's K and -K to Child Treatment
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 38 (2012) 3, S.302-317 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0075-417X
DOI	10.1080/0075417X.2012.720103
Schlagwörter	Cerebral Palsy; Preschool Children; Inservice Teacher Education; Females; Parents; Experiential Learning; Anxiety; Mothers; Cognitive Processes; Thinking Skills; Psychotherapy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hirnlähmung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lehrerfortbildung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Eltern; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Angst; Mother; Mutter; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Denkfähigkeit; Psychotherapie
Abstract	The authors discuss an application of Bion's conceptualisation of thinking and non-thinking states (K and -K links) to the treatment of a nine-year-old girl. The authors consider Bion's interrelated concepts such as K and -K, container/contained, maternal reverie, and the development of thinking through alpha function to be highly applicable to child treatment. The afore-mentioned conceptual elements are used to elucidate case material over two consecutive hours. A K link is established between therapist and patient, the fragility of which link is then demonstrated by its deterioration into a -K link. Complex issues about knowing and not knowing are central in this girl's clinical presentation. She was conceived through "in vitro" fertilisation (IVF), and subsequently diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The authors consider the emotional impact of this origin story and how the parents relate to it. The authors discuss how parents sometimes cope with perceived losses by wishing to shield or protect their children. This can have repercussions for children's efforts to know (K) and not to know (-K). The fear that emotional knowledge will be too painful to bear can interfere with "learning from experience". Bion's premise that the purpose of analysis is the growth of the mind is synonymous with the child analyst's goal of fostering development and understanding impediments to development. (Contains 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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