Overview: Melanie Klein assumed that infants naturally developed a ‘mind’ if given a caring environment, much like how a plant unfolds naturally following its genetic blueprint given adequate soil, nutrients, light, and water. Wilfred Bion, Klein’s analysand, amended that idea by suggesting that the mother does much more than just preside over a genetically-based unfolding. … Continue reading Bion’s ‘Mother-Infant Model’ for Creating a Mental Apparatus