Blocked Creativity and Inhibited Erotic Transference

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4577606
AutoresDianne Elise (0000-0002-1659-6908, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, autor correspondente)
Ano2002
Volume3
Fascículo2
Páginas161-195
Data de publicação2002-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Gender and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1524-0657 • E-ISSN: 1940-9206
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15240650309349195
OpenAlexW2073241824
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas20

In this paper, I pursue the relationship between erotic transference and creativity. Erotic transference is not solely a resistance to treatment; treatment can involve a resistance to erotic transference, the dynamics of which can have parallels in the inhibition of creativity. Although it is certainly true that erotic transferences may be defensive against other layers of material, there has been a virtual neglect of the deleterious impact of resistance to erotic desire and romantic love for the analyst. The feeling seems to be that erotic transference is a problem to be analyzed when it exists in overt form. The absence of erotic transference in many treatments is often taken for granted, not thought of as constituting a problem or as indicating anything in particular about the patient's psyche that might benefit from analysis. As clinicians, we favor creative expression and promote the psychoanalytic process as facilitating this potential, but we are often ambivalent about a similar approach to erotic transference. A clinical example illustrates the connection that I have in mind between erotic transference and creativity. I have chosen a same-sex case in which the transference was homoerotic, but the larger point I am making has general application to any of the gendered treatment dyads. After focusing on the dynamics of the case, I discuss more generally certain shared features of erotic transference and creativity, as well as inhibitions on the part of clinicians

Ambivalence · Creativity · Feeling · Neglect · Parallels · Phallic stage · Psyche · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Romance · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy