Spirituality and the Apophatic Way of Unknowing in Wilfred Bion

Spiritual Threads in Psychotherapeutic Work

Spirituality and the Apophatic Way of Unknowing in Wilfred Bion

In this audio talk based on her recently published book, Dr Judith Pickering introduces the influences on Wilfred Bion’s theoretical advances in psychoanalyzis. Influenced by his childhood in India, and subsequent experiences of separation, trauma and loss, Bion became interested in the healing power of a knowledge that was beyond words. Judith outlines the founding spiritual schism in psychoanalyzis and traces the parallels between Bion’s thinking and the Christian Mystical Philosophical tradition.

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THE SPEAKER

Dr Judith Pickering

Dr Judith Pickering is a psychotherapist and faculty member of ANZAP, a Training Analyst with The Australian and New Zealand Association of Jungian Analysts and a Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Therapist. She has tertiary degrees in Religious Studies, Asian Studies, Music Education (Kodály Institute, Hungary), Musicology, Psychotherapy, and Analytical Psychology. She also has a doctorate in Psychology. Her practice covers all areas concerning psychological well-being, growth and overcoming psychological obstacles constricting finding meaningful harmonious and fulfillling relationships.

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