Cancer and Creativity: A Psychoanalytic Guide to Therapeutic Transformation

ISBN-13: 9780815383260 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 194 str.

Esther Dreifuss-Kattan

Opis

Cancer and Creativity is a dialogue between accounts by cancer patients and survivors and a more clinical consideration and theoretical discussion from a psychoanalytic point of view of using creativity in coping with serious illness.

Spis treści

Introduction Esther Dreifuss-Kattan and Art by Teresa O’Rourke 1. Sigmund Freud’s Consultation Room and the Art Studio: Spaces for creative transformation Esther Dreifuss-Kattan and Corinne Lightweaver 2. Art as Transformational Object: Finding form and an aesthetic moment Esther Dreifuss-Kattan with Artist Zizi Raymond 3. One In Eight: Fighting breast cancer with embroidery and knitting Christine Carey and Suzanne Isken with art by Christine Carey 4. Cutting, Pasting and Piercing: A memoir Corinne Lightweaver 5. Remembering, Creating, and Working Through Loene Trubkin and Esther Dreifuss-Kattan with art by Loene Trubkin 6. Art As Life- Saver: Photography/installation/Facebook Devon Raymond and Esther Dreifuss-Kattan with art by Zizi Raymond 7. Understanding My Wonderland-ing:Sharing my brain tumor experience Ashley Myers-Turner, Esther Dreifuss-Kattan with art by Ashley Myers-Turner 8. Cancer! Life is Going On Anyway and Not "Cancery" Enough: From track pants to yoga pants-Fighting melanoma with paper cutouts and comic books Mary E. Walter and Esther Dreifuss-Kattan with art by Mary E. Walter 9. Cancer Maps and Super Heroes: Children and adolescents express their cancer journey Esther Dreifuss-Kattan and Alyssa Wiesel with art by several kids 10. Art, Death and Mourning: An artist and art psychotherapist’s perspective Esther Dreifuss-Kattan with art by Howard Bass, Zizi Raymond and Esther Dreifuss-Kattan 11. Art and Cancer in the Public Space: Exhibiting and viewing Susanne Isken Appendix. Scribble, Cut, Paste and Paint: Creative transformation through artistic play at home Esther Dreifuss-Kattan

O autorze

Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, PhD, is the president of the New Center for Psychoanalysis 2016–2018 in Los Angeles, a senior faculty member and a member of the Archival Committee, the Diversity Committee and Program Committee. Her previous book with Routledge was Art and Mourning: The role of creativity in healing trauma and loss (2016).