Seeing in the Dark
A View into Dissociation and Healing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8982520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Whitesel (0000-0001-8476-0944, Boulder Colorado USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 869-893 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-5922.12956 |
| PMID | 37767899 |
| OpenAlex | W4387115402 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
In this paper, I will explore the role of art-making, the experience of trauma and dissociation, and the process of working with self-states from an analytic and creative frame. Relevant literature on dissociation, trauma, and the use of art will be discussed. A case involving my work with an adolescent girl who had experienced sexual abuse from a family member will be shared, with an emphasis on the meaningful role images played during the therapeutic process. Both Jungian and psychoanalytic models of conceptualizing and working with dissociation are included, following Donald Kalsched's (2013) recommendation for a "binocular stance" to treatment, including both a focus on the inner, intrapsychic world and the interpersonal, relational realm, and how art images both illuminated and expressed these realms. Within the therapeutic process, art images allowed the therapist a view into the client's unconscious process, and created a meeting ground for dissociative barriers to be gradually seen, felt and known, by both therapist and client. The experience of dissociation, in images and in session, provided a reference point for myself and my client, Taylor, to develop a shared understanding and a framework for growth
Dissociation (chemistry · Dissociative · Dissociative disorders · Mirroring · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Realm · Unconscious mind · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
Implicit relational knowing
Childhood trauma, the neurobiology of adaptation, and “use-dependent” development of the brain
Unformulated experience, dissociation, and Nachträglichkeit
Undoing dissociation. Affective neuroscience
The Other made visible
The day the clock stopped. Primitive states of unintegration, multidimensional working through and the birth of the analytical subject
Rediscovering Psychoanalysis
The shadow of the tsunami and the growth of the relational mind
Standing in the Spaces
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |