Art‎,‎ Creativity‎,‎ and Psychoanalysis‎:‎ Perspectives from Analyst‎-Artists collects personal reflections by therapists who are also professional artists‎.‎ It explores the relationship between art and analysis through accounts by practitioners who identify themselves as dual‎-profession artists and analysts‎.‎ The book illustrates the numerous areas where analysis and art share common characteristics using first‎-hand‎,‎ in‎-depth accounts‎.‎ These vivid reports from the frontier of art and psychoanalysis shed light on the day‎-to‎-day struggle to succeed at both of these demanding professions‎.‎ From the beginning of psychoanalysis‎,‎ many have made comparisons between analysis and art‎.‎ Recently there has been increasing interest in the relationship between artistic and psychotherapeutic practices‎.‎ Most important‎,‎ both professions are viewed as highly creative with spontaneity‎,‎ improvisation and aesthetic experience seeming to be common to each‎.‎ However‎,‎ differences have also been recognized‎,‎ especially regarding the differing goals of each profession‎:‎ art leading to the creation of an art work‎,‎ and psychoanalysis resulting in the increased welfare and happiness of the patient‎.‎These issues are addressed head‎-on in Art‎,‎ Creativity‎,‎ and Psychoanalysis‎:‎ Perspectives from Analyst‎-Artists‎.‎ The chapters consist of personal essays by analyst/artists who are currently working in both professions‎;‎ each has been trained in and is currently practicing psychoanalysis or psychoanalytic psychotherapy‎.‎ The goal of the book is to provide the audience with a new understanding of psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic processes from the perspective of art and artistic creativity‎.‎ Drawing on artistic material from painting‎,‎ poetry‎,‎ photography‎,‎ music and literature‎,‎ the book casts light on what the creative processes in art can add to the psychoanalytic endeavor‎,‎ and vice versa‎.‎ Art‎,‎ Creativity‎,‎ and Psychoanalysis‎:‎ Perspectives from Analyst‎-Artists will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists‎,‎ theorists of art‎,‎ academic artists‎,‎ and anyone interested in the psychology of art‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ George Hagman
• Publisher‎:‎ Routledge
• ISBN‎:‎ 9781138859128