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Desire and the Female Therapist

Engendered Gazes in Psychotherapy and Art Therapy

• By Joy Schaverien

• Price: $34.95
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Pages: 264
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 24th August 1995
• Illustrations: 40b+w illustrations and 8pp colour plates
• ISBN: 978-0-415-08701-8

About the Book

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.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Desire and the Female Therapist 2. Desire and the Male Patient: Anorexia 3. The Pictures 4. The Transactional Object: Art Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Anorexia 5. Desure Transference and the Image of a Child 6. The Aesthetic Countertransference: Desire in Art and Psychoanalysis 7. the Lure and Reflections 8. The Engendered Gaze 9. Analytical Art Psychotherapy: Further Reflections on Art Therapy Practice