Shame and Creativity - From Affect Towards Individuation

List of contents

Introduction. Part 1: Knowing shame. Patterns of shame. Inner relationships and shame. Reactions to shame. Part 2: Healing shame. Psychological creativity. Inanna as a guide. Preparation. Descent to the underworld. Death and inner emptiness. The self becomes alive. Part 3: Individuation. Creating a new balance in life.

About the author

Vibeke Skov, PhD, founded the Institute of Art Therapy, Denmark, in 1987, which is based on a Jungian approach to creative development, and has educated students in art therapy ever since. She has a private practise in Bredsten and also works as a glass artist and painter. She has published several books, most recently on integrative art therapy and depression.

Summary

Shame and Creativity is about shame and how we can use creative methods to transform shame into a lifelong process of self-development. Using a Jungian understanding of the personal and collective unconscious, shame is described as one of the most central affects in relation to self-worth and a good quality of life.

Product details

• Authors: Vibeke Skov, Skov Vibeke
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138206755
• ISBN: 978-1-138-20675-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama), Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Analytical and Jungian psychology, Analytical & Jungian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Creative therapy / Expressive therapies, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Jungian