The Art of Not-Knowing in Psychotherapy and the Conceptual Line of W. R. Bion
Online Course
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Dr. Yakir Krichman
About the CPD course
A profound synthesis of mindfulness and psychoanalysis through the conceptual line of psychoanalyst W. R. Bion. Gradually clarifies Bions main concepts; including Beta elements; Alfa function; O; Without memory and desire; Container/contained; Dreaming; Caesura and No-thing. The course also discusses developments to Bions concepts made by psychoanalysts Dr. Thomas Ogden (Dreaming into existence) and Dr. Michael Eigen (Impact). The course explains the importance of maintaining a state of "not-knowing" in therapeutic; creative and personal processes. The course helps consolidate an organised understanding of what constitutes the core of psychodynamic psychotherapy and includes clinical illustrations and stories from different spiritual traditions.
Dr. Yakir Krichman is an Israeli-based Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Supervisor. He teaches the course “Mindfulness and Psychoanalysis: The Conceptual Line of W. R. Bion” and holds group supervision at The Center for Compassionate Mindful Education as part of The Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy Program. He has been practicing mindfulness meditation for more than 25 years and teaching W. R. Bion’s concepts for more than 12 years.
He maintains a private psychotherapy practice and is a member of the Israeli Interdisciplinary Association of Psychotherapy. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Somatic Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, writing his dissertation on The Somatic Dimensions of Artistic Creativity.
