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The Revealing Image - Analytical Art Psychotherapy in Theory and Practice (Paperback)
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The Revealing Image - Analytical Art Psychotherapy in Theory and Practice (Paperback)
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Schaverien painstakingly describes and defines "processes which
have so far only been intuitively known to art therapists" (p6) by
introducing and elaborating the psychoanalytical concepts of
transference and countertransference in relation to the use of
visual art objects. The authors stated intention in this book is
"to attempt to bridge the perceived gap between the practice of art
therapy and analytical forms of psychotherapy..."(p 229) The
epistemological base of this venture includes the fields of
philosophy, anthropology, and aesthetics, as well as
psychoanalysis. Schaverien suggests that analytical art
psychotherapy is a way of working analytically with patients who
are unsuitable, or unready, for psychotherapy, giving examples of
psychotic and borderline patients, children, and patients in
psychiatric settings. This is primarily a book about an analytical
approach within art therapy, which may be of interest in itself.
The material also raises issues of interest to analysts and
psychotherapists, whether or not they work with art in the clinical
setting. The book clarifies areas of similarity between the
disciplines, and also makes areas of difference apparent. For
example, most analysts would agree that visual art, like dream
material, and other non-verbal representations of the inner world,
can at times articulate and communicate meanings which for one
reason or another cannot be verbally articulated at the time, and
that this can be pertinent to the aim of analysis. However, I think
few analysts would include facilities in their consulting rooms for
the kind of art processes described in the book. When the analyst
is working with materials in this form, the book will be extremely
helpful in sorting out the complexity of the transference situation
and the role of interpretation. The book is so strongly grounded in
experiences emerging in the presence of actual art processes and
objects that I think it will be of most interest to those who are
interested in the specific clinical issues involved in relating to
the making and use of actual art objects within the setting.
Schaverien not only describes the processes involved in detail, but
also presents technical approaches to the making and handling of
art objects within the setting which will inform the capacity of
those who are not trained as art therapists to relate to this kind
of material in the consulting room.'
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