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BION´S LEGACY 

WORK WITH CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND YOUNG ADULTS 

CLINICAL SEMINARS

PROPOSAL 

Tim Smith, a child psychotherapist at the ACP (London), and I (a child and adolescent training analyst and supervisor from Mexico City) have been discussing the importance of expanding W. Bion’s clinical legacy into the field of child and adolescent psychoanalysis.  As Parthenope Bion Talamo (2012) mentioned, although Bion didn’t write extensively about his analytical experiences with children, the influence of his theories on infantile psychoanalysis is notable.

The Clinical Online Seminars aim to expand Bion’s legacy through clinical online presentations with children, adolescents, and young adults, in 2026 – 2027

We open this activity with two outstanding colleagues: Tim Smith (UK) and João Carlos Braga (Brazil), and will continue announcing seminars in pairs throughout 2026 and 2027.

OCTOBER 25, 2026 

TIM SMITH (UK) 

Dr Tim Smith is a member of the Association of Child Psychotherapists in the UK. He trained at the Tavistock Centre, where he is now a visiting lecturer. Clinically, he works with child and adolescent patients in the National Health Service and in private practice in East London. His interest in Bion’s autobiographies stems from the time he spent listening to how children and adolescents find ways to tell the stories of what’s happened to them and those around them. He has published two papers on his research on The Long Weekend: ‘Half alive, half dead boys: sexuality and censorship in Wilfred Bion’s ‘The Long Weekend’.’  Journal of Child Psychotherapy. And, The tiger skin on the banister (and other stories): internal dialogues and parallel autobiographical process in a reading of Wilfred Bion’s ‘The Long Weekend, 1897-1919: Part of a Life’. Life Writing: A film essay, ‘A fall from the stars: a critical psychoanalytic reading of James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra (to the stars)’ is forthcoming in the Journal of Child Psychotherapy.

NOVEMBER 8, 2026 

JOÃO CARLOS BRAGA (BRAZIL)

João Carlos Braga Is graduated in Medicine at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil (1966). He was a fellow at Baylor University, Department of Psychiatry, Houston, Texas, (1967). Doctor in Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil (1971). Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Federal University of Paraná (1968-1981). Private practice in psychiatry and psychotherapy (1968-1985). Graduate as Psychoanalyst at Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of São Paulo (1985). Presently full member, training and supervising analyst at Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of São Paulo, as well as Faculty member. Founder, training and supervising analyst at Curitiba´s Psychoanalytic Group, Brazil. Has been in psychoanalytic practice in Curitiba, Brazil, since 1985. Has around 30 psychoanalytical papers and book chapters published in national and international reviews.

 CHAIR – JANI SANTAMARIA LINARES (MEXICO)

 Jani Santamaría PhD is a Training Analyst and Supervisor of children, adolescent and adults of the Mexican Psychoanalytic Association (APM) and is member of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APSA), Director of A-Santamaría Psychoanalysis Mexico A.C.

Latin American Board member of the IPA (2019 -2021) and (2021-2023)

Chair of the International Bion Conference Mexico 2022 and member of the International Advisory Committee: Routledge Bion Studies Book Series; member of the International Committee of Spanish Language Psychoanalysts. ExDirector of Community and Culture for the Latin American Federation of Psychoanalysis, FEPAL (2016-2018)

– She has authored numerous articles, she is co-editor of the book “Autistic Phenomena and Unrepresented States” (Phoenix, 2022), co-editor of Bion Seminars in A-Santamaría Association (Routledge ), editor of Dreams, Workdream and the Oneiric Dimensions of the Mind ( Routledge, forthcoming) . Editor of the books “Jugando con el pensamiento de Winnicott en Latinoamérica” , 2023, Ed. BIEBEL and “ Virtualidad, Migración y Duelos en el Covid 19 “ 2024, Ed. BIEBEL

TIME
October 25, 2026 – 8:30 am PDT – 11:30 am – 15:30 London ( daylight changes in London, October 25 )
November 8, 2026 – 7:30 PDT – 10:30 EDT – 15:30 London

PLATFORM – ZOOM

The participant will receive the Zoom Link one day before the Conference/Seminar.

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• OCTOBER 25, 2026: 100 USD
• NOVEMBER 8, 2026: 100 USD
• REGISTRATION FOR TWO SEMINARS (SMITH, BRAGA): 185 USD.
• CANDIDATES and STUDENTS OCTOBER 25 – 75 USD
• CANDIDATES and STUDENTS – NOVEMBER 8 – 75 USD

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