Desire and the Female Therapist : Engendered Gazes in Psychotherapy and Art Therapy

desire And The Female Therapist Is One Of The First Full-length Explorations Of Erotic Transference And Countertransference From The Point Of View Of The Female Therapist. Particular Attention Is Given To The Female Therapist/male Client Relationship And To The Effects Of Desire Made Visible In Art Objects In Analytical Forms Of Psychotherapy. Drawing On Aesthetic And Psychoanalytic Theory, Specifically Lacan And Jung, The Book Offers A Significant New Approach To Desire In Therapy. Richly Illustrated, With Pictures As Well As Clinical Vignettes, This Book Follows On From Joy Schaverien's Innovative Previous Work the Revealing Image . Written Primarily For Psychotherapists, Art Therapists And Analysts, desire And The Female Therapist Will Be Essential Reading For All Therapists Affected By Erotic Transference And Countertransference In The Course Of Clinical Practice And All Whose Clients Bring Art Works To Therapy. booknews an Illustrated History Of The League Of Nations' First Decade Setting The Organization's Development Against The Backdrop Of World War I And Its Memberships' Efforts To Create Global Peace And Security. Ostrower (american History, Alfred U.) Chronicles The Development Of The League, And The Major World Events Which Contributed To Shaping Both Its Successes And Failures. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com) Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of illustrations......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 15 Definition of terms......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 Desire and the female therapist......Page 32 Desire and the male patient: anorexia......Page 61 The pictures......Page 79 The transactional object: art psychotheraphy in the treatment of anorexia......Page 138 The aesthetic countertransference: desire in art and psychoanalysis......Page 158 Desire, the spaces in-between and the image of a child......Page 173 The lure and reflections......Page 193 The engendered gaze......Page 213 Conclusion......Page 230 Notes......Page 234 Organisations......Page 235 Bibliography......Page 236 Index......Page 245 Desire and the Female Therapist is one of the first full length explorations of the erotic transference and countertransference from the point of view of the female therapist. Particular attention is given to the female therapist/male client relationship and the aesthetic effect of desire, made visible in art objects in analytical forms of psychotherapy. Drawing on psychoanalytic and aesthetic theory, particularly Lacan and Jung, the book offers new approach to desire in therapy. Bogen forklarer erotisk overføring og modoverføring set ud fra den kvindelige terapeuts synsvinkel. Genstandsfeltet er reletionen mellem den kvindelige terapeut og den mandlige klient. Som en følge af den erotiske relation kan begæret som det udtrykkes i kunstobjekter indgå som led i et psykoterapeutisk forløb Exploration of erotic transference and counter transference in therapy with particular attention given to the female therapist / male client relationship. Draws on Lacan and Jung to analyse examples from clinical practice and client's art The erotic transference and countertransference as it manifest itself in the area in between the female therapist and male client is the main topic of this book.