1st Edition
Psychotherapy with People in the Arts Nurturing Creativity
148 Pages
by
Routledge
150 Pages
by
Routledge
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Learn to free creativity from the shackles of emotional conflicts! This riveting collection of case histories illustrates the dark interplay of neurosis and creativity. Psychotherapy with People in the Arts explores the struggles of writers, painters, actors, and composers to reconcile their overwhelming need to create and the self-doubts, frustrations, and neuroses that block their potential.... Read more
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. The Cracked Mirror: Neurosis and Creativity
- Chapter 2. Jessie and Joe: Color and the Emotions
- Chapter 3. May: The Writer Who Couldn't be Serious
- Chapter 4. Leo: The Actor Who Couldn't Cry
- Chapter 5. Audrey: Black Writing and White Writing
- Chapter 6. Jerome and Betty: The Musician and Painter Who Needed to Suffer
- Chapter 7. Norbert: The Filmmaker Who Couldn't Finish
- Chapter 8. Pricilla: The Writer Who Couldn't Hate Her Father
- Chapter 9. Alex: The Painter Who Was Too Refined to Be Commercial
- Chapter 10. Marvin: The Perverse Playwright
- Appendix: Tests of Inhibited Creativity
- References
- Index
Biography
Trepper, Terry S; Schoenewolf, Gerald
