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Bion and OR
Bion and OR
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Psychology
Graduate
04/02/2013

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Term
What is Wilfred Bion best known for?
Definition
His concept of CONTAINMENT and METABOLIZATION
Term
CONTAINMENT
Definition
deals with the internal state of the adult/parent
-being sturdy enough to deal with another person's problems, as well as their own anxiety with facing someone else's problems.
Term
METABOLIZATION
Definition
ability of parent to metabolize the problem of a child, then give it back in a way that the child can handle.
Term
Anxious child example of METABOLIZATION
Definition
Anxious kid gives anxiety to parent-- parent metabolizes the out of control anxiety--- able to attend to the child by exploring the anxiety w/ them--- offer the anxiety back to the child in a way that his out of control bits can handle.
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