Mirroring and Attunement offers a new approach to psychoanalysis, artistic creation and religion. Viewing these activities from a broadly relational perspective, Wright proposes that each provides a medium for creative dialogue: the artist discovers himself within his self-created forms, the religious person through an internal dialogue with ‘God’, and the analysand through the inter-subjective medium of the analysis.
Key Features
- Explores the relationship between psychoanalysis, art, and religion.
- Builds on the work of key figures like Winnicott, Stern, and Langer.
- Highlights the importance of the infant's preverbal relationship with the mother.
- Focuses on the need for subjective reflection throughout the life cycle.
- Offers insights for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and art therapists.
Additional Information
He suggests that the need for subjective reflection persists throughout the life cycle and that psychoanalysis, artistic creation and religion can be seen as cultural attempts to provide the self with resonant containment. They thus provide renewed opportunities for holding and emotional growth. Mirroring and Attunement will provide essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and art therapists and be of interest to anyone working at the interface between psychoanalysis, art and religion.
