Wilfred Ruprecht Bion, 1897-1979, was a British psychoanalyst. He was a pioneer in group dynamics. He was the author of Experiences in Groups, London: Tavistock, 1961 and many other books and journal articles. This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The term group dynamics implies that individual behaviours may differ depending on individuals current or prospective connections to a sociological group. ... The Tavistock Institute is an outgrowth of the Tavistock Clinic, which was founded in 1920 in Tavistock Square in London. ...

Bion was born in India, but educated in England. After the outbreak of World War I, he served as a tank commander in France where he was awarded both the DSO and the Legion of Honour. Subsequently, he studied history at Queen's College, Oxford and medicine at University College London. As his interest in psychoanalysis increased, he underwent training analysis, at one point, with the Hungarian psychotherapist Melanie Klein. Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead: 5 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total of dead: 8 million Military dead: 4 million Civilian deaths: 3 million Total dead: 7 million The First... Source: Veterans Affairs Canada The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and other formerly Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (in Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ... The Queens College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... Melanie Klein Melanie Klein, (1882 - 1960), Austrian psychotherapist, built on the work of Sigmund Freud, particularly in the area of child psychology. ...

During the forties, he produced his pioneering work in Group Dynamics, Experiences in Groups being the culmination of that work.Later he attempted to understand thoughts and thinking from a mathematical and scientific method, believing there to be too much pre-conception attributed to the existing vocabulary. Later he abandoned the mathematical and scientific approach for a more aesthetic and intuitive understanding, believing the experience of Truth between psychoanalyst and patient to be an almost mystical one.

From 1962 till 1965, Bion was president of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He spent his later years in Los Angeles, California. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The British Psychoanalytical Society was founded by the British psychiatrist Ernest Jones as the London Psychoanalytical Society on October 30, 1913. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ...

See also

See also

• Object relations theory

Freud invented the concept object relation to describe or emphasize that bodily drives satisfy their need through a medium, an object, on a specific locus. ...

External links

Bion, Francesca, 'The Days of Our Years'. Located at the British Psychoanalytic Society and Institute of Psychoanalysis, - from an address Mrs Bion gave in April 1994 in Toronto and Montreal, Canada. It was first published in The Journal of the Melanie Klein & Object Relations Journal, Vol 13, No.1, 1995. http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/days.htm

Bion, Wilfred R. Seminar held in Paris, July 10th 1978. Transcribed by Francesca Bion Sept. 1999 http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk/Bion78.htm

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Bion, W. R. (1948a). Psychiatry in a time of crisis, British Journal of Medical Psychology, vol.XXI.

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Bion, W. R. (1950). The imaginary twin, read to the British Psychoanalytical Society, Nov.1,1950. In Second Thoughts (1967).

Bion, W. R. (1952). Group dynamics: a review. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, vol.33: , Reprinted in M. Klein, P. Heimann & R. Money-Kyrle (editors). New Directions in Psychoanalysis (pp.440-477). Tavistock Publications, London, 1955. Reprinted in Experiences in Groups (1961).

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Bion, Wilfred R (1999). Seminar held in Paris, July 10th 1978. Transcribed by Francesca Bion Sept.