Containment

From "Bion's theory of containment", by Ruth Riesenberg-Malcolm:

The capacity of one individual to receive in himself projections from another individual, which he then can sense and use as communications (from him), transform them, and finally give them back (or convey back) to the subject in a modified form. Eventually this can enable the person (an infant at first) to sense and tolerate his own feelings and develop a capacity to think.

The full essay forms Chapter 12 of Kleinian Theory: A Contemporary Perspective, edited by Catalina Bronstein.

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