Art, dreams and active imagination: A post-Jungian approach to transference and the image

Journal of Analytical Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-153

  Schaverien, Joy ^a  

^a Leicester Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active imagination; Art; Countertransference; Dreams; Free association; Jung; Sign; Symbol; Transference; Visualization; Waking dreams

Indexed keywords

ART; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DREAM; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 16444377082     PISSN: 00218774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8774.2005.00519.x     Document Type: Review

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