BPA: Reading Bion's Autobiographies

BPA: Reading Bion's Autobiographies
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The Debbie Bellman Memorial Lecture
Learning from the Experience of Reading Bion’s Autobiographies


Friday 5th June 8-10pm
Saturday 6th June 2026 12 - 4pm (GMT)

FRIDAY 8-10 PM (ONLINE ONLY)
Meg Harris Williams | Introduction
Film showing The Becoming Room

SATURDAY 12 - 4PM (Hybrid)
12 – 1.30pm: Meg Harris Williams: Learning from the Experience of Reading Bion’s Autobiographies In her talk Meg will describe some key elements that emerge from Bion’s presentation of his ‘self’ in his autobiographical works, and how, as with creative fiction, identification with these becomes a passionate learning experience for the reader, by encouraging or even demanding that further symbolic transformations are made.

1.30 – 2.15pm: Break. Light lunch provided, followed by a film by Mércia Fagundes and Thais and Miguel Marques and the song ‘Chega de saudade’ (‘No more longing’) by João Gilberto

2.15 – 4 pm: Panel Discussion: Vera Montagna, Vivienne Pasieka, Annelise Scappaticci, Alison Vaspe
The Work Group: Bion’s autobiographies as inspiration for introspective associations in clinical work. The panel will explore individual experiences in the light of Bion’s autobiographical thinking.

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When
05/06/2026 - 06/06/2026
Where
HYBRID