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Creativity and the Erotic Dimensions of the Analytic Field

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dianne EliseSeries:Relational Perspectives BookPublish date:2019-06-21Pages:318
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9781138625426ISBN-10:1138625426UPC:9781138625426Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Clinical PsychologyBook Topic:PsychoanalysisSize:8.90 x 6.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC64AFAA00

Creativity and the Erotic Dimensions of the Analytic Field centers on the mutually reinforcing relationship between erotic and creative energies. Erotic embodiment is given context within a contemporary model of clinical process based in analytic field theory and highlighting Winnicott. Dianne Elise uses clinical material to bring theory alive, giving clinicians an explicit picture of how they might utilize the ideas presented.

In a fascinating return to Freud's emphasis on libido and Eros, a creative mind is seen as located within a libidinal connection to the erotic body. The erotic is underscored as an important ingredient of the clinical situation--a lively spontaneity that partakes of the analyst's as well as the patient's creative self, vitalizing the field of clinical engagement. A full formulation of the analytic field must include awareness of the centrality of the erotic in the maternal matrix, in ongoing development, and in the clinical setting. The erotic-aesthetic dimension of the mind potentiates the creative interplay of the analytic process.

Written in an engaging and accessible style, this original contribution makes complex theory available to psychoanalytic clinicians at all levels, and to a wide range of readers, while offering sophisticated theoretical and clinical innovations. Elise addresses the need to engage multiple aspects of erotic life while maintaining a reliable professional boundary.

Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9781138625426ISBN-10:1138625426UPC:9781138625426Book Category:PsychologyBook Subcategory:Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Clinical PsychologyBook Topic:PsychoanalysisSize:8.90 x 6.10 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC64AFAA00

Dianne Elise is a Personal and Supervising Analyst of the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, USA. Nationally recognized for her innovative contributions to the psychoanalytic literature on gender and sexuality, she has consistently challenged conventional accounts of development.


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