David G. Power is a founding member of The Boston Group for Psychoanalytic Studies (BGPS), a past President, Supervisory and Teaching Analyst at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and on the faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. With Howard Levine, he co-edited Engaging Primitive Anxieties of the Emerging Self (2017). He maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and supervision in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Dolan Power is a founding member of the Boston Group for Psychoanalytic Studies, Past President, Supervisory and Teaching Analyst at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and on the Faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She was awarded the Francis Tustin Memorial Prize in 2011 for her paper “The Use of the Analyst as an Autistic Shape” (IJP 2016). She maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis, consultation and supervision in Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Foreword by Patrick Miller Chapter 1: The breath of life: Bion’s concept of the proto-mental Chapter 2: Circling the nameless: An attempt at an impossible approach Chapter 3: To feel in my flesh: Receptivity, resonance and the beta screen Chapter 4: Bizarre bodily delusions Chapter 5: Reaching the body through the mind: A model and its implications Chapter 6: Being totally in the dark: On working analytically within the depths of the great unknown of psychic catastrophe Chapter 7: A personal perspective on the somato-psychic realm based on Bion’s contributions Chapter 8: The primordial mind and the body: The “No-body” and being a body Chapter 9: Perceptual Identification as analytic receptivity of unrepresented and dissociative states Conclusion

'The Somato-Psychic Realm: Analytic Receptivity and Resonance is an extraordinary collection of essays exploring the interplay between the somatic and psychic realms in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Each chapter, written by distinguished scholars and clinicians, carefully examines Bion's revolutionary concepts and their influence on contemporary psychoanalysis. Rich with clinical illustrations emphasizing the inseparability of mind and body, this volume is essential for psychoanalysts and scholars wishing to deepen their understanding of Bion's legacy and the development of analytic thought.'Giuseppe Civitarese, author of On Arrogance: A Psychoanalytic Essay, London 2023.'In a brilliant contribution to psychoanalysis the editors extend its reach to the non-sensuous realm of the unrepresented, demystifying and exploring what Bion called O. Since language fails to reach this undifferentiated proto-mental level of functioning, the analyst must meet the patient by using his somatic registrations, “feeling in (his) flesh.” Nine international analysts contribute chapters elucidating the clinical challenges and opportunities of working at this deepest level: offering a vitalizing presence and availability to the patient requires an expanded use of oneself.'Karen Roos, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Society, USA.'Like shafts of light in the darkness, this book offers pioneering contemporary insight into the most vital dimension of psychoanalysis today, where both pathos and mutative change are found in the shared, inchoate movements of embodied life. From different but related perspectives, ten eminent scholars of the nameless regions charted by Freud, Winnicott, and Bion show how analysts are captured by and work with unintegrated traumatic experiences that change them as it does their patients by giving the inexpressible some form. Dolan and David Power have crafted an indispensable guide for all who traverse this challenging but transformative domain.'Jack Foehl, Joint Editor in Chief, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Past President, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

David G. Power is a founding member of The Boston Group for Psychoanalytic Studies (BGPS), a past President, Supervisory and Teaching Analyst at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and on the faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. With Howard Levine, he co-edited Engaging Primitive Anxieties of the Emerging Self (2017). He maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and supervision in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Dolan Power is a founding member of the Boston Group for Psychoanalytic Studies, Past President, Supervisory and Teaching Analyst at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and on the Faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She was awarded the Francis Tustin Memorial Prize in 2011 for her paper “The Use of the Analyst as an Autistic Shape” (IJP 2016). She maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis, consultation and supervision in Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Foreword by Patrick Miller Chapter 1: The breath of life: Bion’s concept of the proto-mental Chapter 2: Circling the nameless: An attempt at an impossible approach Chapter 3: To feel in my flesh: Receptivity, resonance and the beta screen Chapter 4: Bizarre bodily delusions Chapter 5: Reaching the body through the mind: A model and its implications Chapter 6: Being totally in the dark: On working analytically within the depths of the great unknown of psychic catastrophe Chapter 7: A personal perspective on the somato-psychic realm based on Bion’s contributions Chapter 8: The primordial mind and the body: The “No-body” and being a body Chapter 9: Perceptual Identification as analytic receptivity of unrepresented and dissociative states Conclusion

'The Somato-Psychic Realm: Analytic Receptivity and Resonance is an extraordinary collection of essays exploring the interplay between the somatic and psychic realms in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Each chapter, written by distinguished scholars and clinicians, carefully examines Bion's revolutionary concepts and their influence on contemporary psychoanalysis. Rich with clinical illustrations emphasizing the inseparability of mind and body, this volume is essential for psychoanalysts and scholars wishing to deepen their understanding of Bion's legacy and the development of analytic thought.'Giuseppe Civitarese, author of On Arrogance: A Psychoanalytic Essay, London 2023.'In a brilliant contribution to psychoanalysis the editors extend its reach to the non-sensuous realm of the unrepresented, demystifying and exploring what Bion called O. Since language fails to reach this undifferentiated proto-mental level of functioning, the analyst must meet the patient by using his somatic registrations, “feeling in (his) flesh.” Nine international analysts contribute chapters elucidating the clinical challenges and opportunities of working at this deepest level: offering a vitalizing presence and availability to the patient requires an expanded use of oneself.'Karen Roos, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Society, USA.'Like shafts of light in the darkness, this book offers pioneering contemporary insight into the most vital dimension of psychoanalysis today, where both pathos and mutative change are found in the shared, inchoate movements of embodied life. From different but related perspectives, ten eminent scholars of the nameless regions charted by Freud, Winnicott, and Bion show how analysts are captured by and work with unintegrated traumatic experiences that change them as it does their patients by giving the inexpressible some form. Dolan and David Power have crafted an indispensable guide for all who traverse this challenging but transformative domain.'Jack Foehl, Joint Editor in Chief, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Past President, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

David G. Power is a founding member of The Boston Group for Psychoanalytic Studies (BGPS), a past President, Supervisory and Teaching Analyst at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and on the faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. With Howard Levine, he co-edited Engaging Primitive Anxieties of the Emerging Self (2017). He maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy and supervision in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Dolan Power is a founding member of the Boston Group for Psychoanalytic Studies, Past President, Supervisory and Teaching Analyst at the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and on the Faculty of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She was awarded the Francis Tustin Memorial Prize in 2011 for her paper “The Use of the Analyst as an Autistic Shape” (IJP 2016). She maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis, consultation and supervision in Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Foreword by Patrick Miller Chapter 1: The breath of life: Bion’s concept of the proto-mental Chapter 2: Circling the nameless: An attempt at an impossible approach Chapter 3: To feel in my flesh: Receptivity, resonance and the beta screen Chapter 4: Bizarre bodily delusions Chapter 5: Reaching the body through the mind: A model and its implications Chapter 6: Being totally in the dark: On working analytically within the depths of the great unknown of psychic catastrophe Chapter 7: A personal perspective on the somato-psychic realm based on Bion’s contributions Chapter 8: The primordial mind and the body: The “No-body” and being a body Chapter 9: Perceptual Identification as analytic receptivity of unrepresented and dissociative states Conclusion

'The Somato-Psychic Realm: Analytic Receptivity and Resonance is an extraordinary collection of essays exploring the interplay between the somatic and psychic realms in psychoanalytic theory and practice. Each chapter, written by distinguished scholars and clinicians, carefully examines Bion's revolutionary concepts and their influence on contemporary psychoanalysis. Rich with clinical illustrations emphasizing the inseparability of mind and body, this volume is essential for psychoanalysts and scholars wishing to deepen their understanding of Bion's legacy and the development of analytic thought.'Giuseppe Civitarese, author of On Arrogance: A Psychoanalytic Essay, London 2023.'In a brilliant contribution to psychoanalysis the editors extend its reach to the non-sensuous realm of the unrepresented, demystifying and exploring what Bion called O. Since language fails to reach this undifferentiated proto-mental level of functioning, the analyst must meet the patient by using his somatic registrations, “feeling in (his) flesh.” Nine international analysts contribute chapters elucidating the clinical challenges and opportunities of working at this deepest level: offering a vitalizing presence and availability to the patient requires an expanded use of oneself.'Karen Roos, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute and Society, USA.'Like shafts of light in the darkness, this book offers pioneering contemporary insight into the most vital dimension of psychoanalysis today, where both pathos and mutative change are found in the shared, inchoate movements of embodied life. From different but related perspectives, ten eminent scholars of the nameless regions charted by Freud, Winnicott, and Bion show how analysts are captured by and work with unintegrated traumatic experiences that change them as it does their patients by giving the inexpressible some form. Dolan and David Power have crafted an indispensable guide for all who traverse this challenging but transformative domain.'Jack Foehl, Joint Editor in Chief, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Past President, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute