Desire and the Female Therapist: Engendered Gazes in Psychotherapy and Art Therapy
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (878 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415087015 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 258 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Amazon Customer I found Schaverian's writing very helpful in my writing on countertransference in art therapy.
Written primarily for psychotherapists, art therapists and analysts, Desire and the Female Therapist will be essential reading for all therapists affected by erotic transference and countertransference in the course of clinical practice and all whose clients bring art works to therapy.. Drawing on aesthetic and psychoanalytic theory, specifically Lacan and Jung, the book offers a significant new approach to desire in therapy. Richly illustrated, with pictures as well as clinical vignettes, this book follows on from Joy Schaverien's innovative previous work The Revealing Image. Desire and the Female Therapist is one of the first full-length explorations of erotic transference and countertransference from the point of view of the female therapist. Particular attention is given to the female therapist/male client relationship and to the effects of desire made visible in art objects in analytical forms of psychotherapy
. Joy Schaverien is a psychotherapist and art therapist in private practice in London and Leicestershire
She says that these are to 'bring the desire of the female therapist out into the light' and 'to open the topic for discussion inall forms of psychotherapy'. Barry'In a world of too rapid change, we are grateful for the few seemingly unmovable landmarks. Which was right?' - Sir John Hicks`The third quarter of this century has been described as the age of Keynes in terms of the economic problems now facing us, the current period might more accurately be termed the age of Hayek.' - The Times. I found the discussion honest and very touching as it gave a feel of the therapist's internal struggles with difficult patientsSchaverien demonstrates quite conclusively that the erotic is present in art therapy and needs to be acknowledged.' - Insca