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Author Elise, Dianne, 1949- author.

Title Creativity and the erotic dimensions of the analytic field / Dianne Elise
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
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Description 1 online resource
Series The relational perspectives book series
Relational perspectives book series.
Contents Introduction Part I: Erotic Vitality in Analytic Process 1 Moving from within the Maternal: The Choreography of Analytic Eroticism 2 Desire and Disruption in the Analytic Relationship 3 Blocked Creativity and Inhibited Erotic Transference Part II: Potential Space and Orientations of the Erotic 4 Psychic Bisexuality and Creativity: Gender Repertoires 5 Male Fears of Psychic Penetration 6 Reclaiming Lost Loves: Transcending Unrequited Desires Part III: Women and Desire: Erotic Dysphorias 7 Sex and Shame: The Inhibition of Female Desires 8 Erasure of the Female Erotic 9 Failure to Thrive: Masochistic Submission in Women Part IV - Erotic Betrayal and Poisoned Desires 10 Infidelity and the Betrayal of Truth 11Betrayal and the Loss of Goodness in the Analytic Relationship 12 Narcissistic Seductions and the Collapse of the Creative
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Psychoanalysis.
Psychotherapy.
Sex (Psychology)
Creative ability.
Sex (Biology)
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
Sex
Sexual Behavior
Creativity
Psychoanalytic Theory
psychoanalysis.
creativity.
sex (biological characteristic)
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Movements -- Psychoanalysis.
Sex (Biology)
Creative ability
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
Sex (Psychology)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019006841
ISBN 9780429862106
0429862105
9780429459900
0429459904
9780429862113
0429862113
9780429862090
0429862091