You, I, we Created the Poet”
Anne Sexton’s Recorded Therapy, November 1963
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8335167 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dawn Skorczewski (0000-0001-7748-7775, University Writing, Brandeis University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 421-444 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0003065110368857 |
| PMID | 20852136 |
| OpenAlex | W2028213569 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
In 1991, when it was revealed that the psychiatrist Martin Orne had released tapes of his therapy sessions with Anne Sexton to her biographer, mental health professionals expressed concern and outrage. Those who actually listen to the controversial tapes would be curious to find a debate between Sexton and Orne about mental illness, creativity, and therapeutic process. To what extent did Sexton’s creative accomplishments point to aspects of her psychiatric progress that might otherwise have been overlooked? While Sexton asserted her achievements and sought affirmation from her psychiatrist, Orne persistently responded by stating that the poetry is not as important as the person. Their different ways of understanding the relationships between poetry and therapeutic process speak volumes about the power of the creative imagination to challenge existing structures of thought, even structures designed to define the psyche itself
Art · Psychoanalysis · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Child Therapy and Development · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
One person and two person psychologies and the method of psychoanalysis
Co-constructing inner and relational processes
Anne Sexton
Partners in Thought
Theoretical plurality and pluralism in psychoanalytic practice
Reality and Actuality an Address
The Analyst's Witnessing and Otherness
Reflections on Truth, Tradition, and the Psychoanalytic Tradition of Truth
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |