A Psychotherapist Paints: Insights from the Border of Art and Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9781032140773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 256 str.

UK) Nitsu Morris (Consultant psychologist and psychoanalyst

Opis

A Psychotherapist Paints is a unique account of an internationally known psychotherapist and group analyst’s struggle to bring together his psychological experience and his interests and talent as an artist.　

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Background  1. "Can I be both?"  2. Early stages  3. The artist's matrix  Part 2: The paintings  4. Dolls and demons  5. The deserted city  6. Fragile nature  7. Dancers  8. Four women  Part 3: Reflections and review  9. A deeper view  10. Concluding thoughts

O autorze

Morris Nitsun is a consultant psychologist, psychotherapist and group analyst. He is the author of the books The Anti-Group (Routledge, 2014) and The Group as an Object of Desire (Routledge, 2006), which have been described as classics in the field. In 2015, he was awarded the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists medal for services to mental health. He is a practising artist who has regularly exhibited in London, and his paintings are in collections across the world.