Creative Analysis
Art, creativity and clinical process
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:19th Dec '14
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This insightful exploration of creativity in psychoanalysis highlights how therapeutic change emerges from the interaction between analyst and analysand in Creative Analysis.
In Creative Analysis, George Hagman delves into the intricate relationship between creativity and psychoanalytic treatment. He posits that the creative dynamics within the analytic interaction lead to therapeutic change, characterized by unique forms of feeling, thinking, and relating. The book emphasizes how these elements contribute to the emergence of something new in therapy, illustrating the artistic dimensions of psychoanalysis and its various creative aspects through detailed clinical examples.
Hagman introduces a novel model of creativity and art psychology, enhancing our understanding of the clinical process. He discusses several implications of his central thesis, including the psychodynamics of art, the brain's creative capacities, and the aesthetic elements present in the therapeutic relationship. The interplay between the analyst's creativity and the analysand's engagement is explored, highlighting how both parties contribute to the therapeutic journey.
The transformation experienced in analysis is portrayed as a profound psychological process, driven not only by the analyst's interventions but also by the patient's intrinsic motivation for self-transformation. This journey examines the roots of the patient's resistance to self-actualization while uncovering hidden potential and strengths. Ultimately, Creative Analysis reframes psychoanalytic therapy as an art form, offering insights that can help patients overcome barriers to realizing their true potential. This book is a valuable resource for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, students, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and psychology.
"Creative Analysis: Art, Creativity, and Clinical Process" leads us closer to understanding how the creative process evolved as an adaptation to the human condition. Without art we simply cannot contain our deepest existential anxieties. Read George Hagman’s book and you will better grasp Nietzsche’s insight that, "we need art so we do not die of the truth." - Malcolm Owen Slavin, Ph.D., Co-author of, The Adaptive Design of the Human Psyche: Psychoanalysis, Evolutionary Biology and the Therapeutic Process.
"In Creative Analysis: Art, Creativity and Clinical Process, George Hagman, illustrates the relevance of the psychoanalytic arts in the 21st century. He demonstrates how patients are "failed artists of their lives," and delineates the clinical processes that establish conditions for psychological repair, vital creative living and fulfilling relationships. Clinicians will enhance their own work through a close study of Mr. Hagman’s new book"- Dr. Carol M. Press, lecturer, University of California at Santa Barbara, Author of "The Dancing Self: Creativity, Modern Dance, Self Psychology and Transformative Education"; co-author "Creating Dance: A Traveler's Guide".
"Drawing from a wellspring of creative production in art, science and clinical practice, George Hagman's argument that art is a basic human need is both provocative and refreshing. In Creative Analysis: Art, Creativity and Clinical Process, Hagman furthers our understanding of human experience as a process of creative self actualization within which art, life and clinical psychoanalytic treatment are inseparable"- Linda Cummings, L.C.S.W., M.F.A., Psychotherapist, artist, and photographer. New York City. Adjunct Faculty, International Center of Photography, NY, USA
"Creative Analysis: Art, Creativity, and Clinical Process" leads us closer to understanding how the creative process evolved as an adaptation to the human condition. Without art we simply cannot contain our deepest existential anxieties. Read George Hagman’s book and you will better grasp Nietzsche’s insight that, "we need art so we do not die of the truth." - Malcolm Owen Slavin, Ph.D., Co-author of, The Adaptive Design of the Human Psyche: Psychoanalysis, Evolutionary Biology and the Therapeutic Process.
"In Creative Analysis: Art, Creativity and Clinical Process, George Hagman, illustrates the relevance of the psychoanalytic arts in the 21st century. He demonstrates how patients are "failed artists of their lives," and delineates the clinical processes that establish conditions for psychological repair, vital creative living and fulfilling relationships. Clinicians will enhance their own work through a close study of Mr. Hagman’s new book"- Dr. Carol M. Press, lecturer, University of California at Santa Barbara, Author of "The Dancing Self: Creativity, Modern Dance, Self Psychology and Transformative Education"; co-author "Creating Dance: A Traveler's Guide".
"Drawing from a wellspring of creative production in art, science and clinical practice, George Hagman's argument that art is a basic human need is both provocative and refreshing. In Creative Analysis: Art, Creativity and Clinical Process, Hagman furthers our understanding of human experience as a process of creative self actualization within which art, life and clinical psychoanalytic treatment are inseparable"- Linda Cummings, L.C.S.W., M.F.A., Psychotherapist, artist, and photographer. New York City. Adjunct Faculty, International Center of Photography, NY, USA
"The creative potential space of analysis which allows for and promotes the meeting of the me and the not me is, of course, the bedrock of any good therapy. Hagman has extended our understanding of such a therapeutic potential space and its fruition in selfcreation which, of course, is the positive side of healing of the wounds that life inflicts - be they from childhood or beyond." - Gerald J. Gargiulo, The Psychoanalytic Review, Vol. 102
ISBN: 9780415696265
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Weight: 340g
130 pages