Art within analysis: scapegoat, transference and transformation.
Through clinical example and pictorial illustration, the author examines ways in which art offers a particular means of psychological transformation in states which may otherwise be in expressable. A transference to the art work itself is proposed. It is submitted that, mediated within the transference/ countertransference dynamic, this 'scapegoat transference' facilitates a particular process of psychological differentiation. The aesthetic qualities of art presented within analysis will resonate with other countertransference affects. Clinical material demonstrates how observation of this--aesthetic countertransference--leads to a distinction between the 'diagrammatic' and the 'embodied image. The process of integration of shadow material is furthered by the temporary safe-keeping of the art work by the analyst.
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D000328:Adult; D001154:Art; D001155:Art Therapy; D003379:Countertransference; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007602:Jungian Theory; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012539:Scapegoating; D014167:Transference, Psychology