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Papers by Nora Swan-Foster

Routledge eBooks, Jan 3, 2018

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Nov 1, 2022

Routledge eBooks, Aug 26, 2020

Art therapy, Dec 1, 2011

... felt sense after meditating 204 15.4 Patricia, felt sense, spirit 205 15.5 Felt sense, word, ... more ... felt sense after meditating 204 15.4 Patricia, felt sense, spirit 205 15.5 Felt sense, word, mail 209 15.6 Melinda, felt sense ... 12 FOCUSING-ORIENTED ART THERAPY Arrington, Richard Carolan,Arnell Etherington, Carolee Stabno, Gwen Sanders and other faculty, students, and ...

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Sep 1, 2022

Jung used creative methods such as picture‐making and active imagination to work with complexes a... more Jung used creative methods such as picture‐making and active imagination to work with complexes and in particular trauma and dissociation. A clinical example of a 60‐year‐old woman demonstrates the benefits of using creative methods to work with issues linked to early life, such as somatic intrusions of early childhood trauma. Significant inner figures were delineated, including the original figure associated with the infantile dissociative split. The figures illustrated Jung’s complex theory by making visible the nonverbal inner states that were initially feared and experienced as Other. Within an analytic relationship that included a working through, an innate creative process unfolded that permitted inner figures to become agents of change within her psyche. This paper highlights the value of Jung’s complex theory and the use of creative methods when working with dissociation, regression and unformulated infantile states, even when the analysand is in the later stages of adulthood.

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Aug 20, 2018

in Sophocles' tragedies, I certainly share the author's reflections regarding the issue of seeing... more in Sophocles' tragedies, I certainly share the author's reflections regarding the issue of seeing and not seeing the truth (in accordance to Bion's view). However, it seems more controversial to consider Oedipus as an adolescent, as Cassorla suggests, who is trying to cope with the original trauma of feeling unwanted and threatened. I would contradict Cassorla, by saying that Oedipus is not a boy, he is the king, and his tragic story is an intermediate step in the decadence trajectory of the ancient principle of genos and its patriarchal values, which was at the core of Euripides' poetics. In fact, it is Euripides who traces the origin of the myth of Oedipus back to Laius, who first betrayed the principles of genos by the abduction and rape of the young Crysippus. Laius' betrayal is at the origin of Oedipus' vicissitudes, the latter being the carrier of a crime that originally does not belong to him. Cassorla's views have the unquestionable quality of stimulating a creative discussion on theory and its implications in terms of technique and this paper is thus well worth reading.

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Jun 1, 2021

Routledge eBooks, Aug 26, 2020

As a woman who experienced trauma in childbirth when medicine was blind to its impact, I welcome ... more As a woman who experienced trauma in childbirth when medicine was blind to its impact, I welcome this book. As a mother whose daughter's survival was precarious during pregnancy, I welcome this book. As an art therapist who has treated many women becoming parents, I thank Nora Swan-Foster for editing it." Judith A. Rubin, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, president, Expressive Media; Author, Introduction to Art Therapy; The Art of Art Therapy "Picture a web, woven together by the intricacies of childbirth. That is what you will find in this anthology… a unique collection of knowledge, insight, and the reality of childbirth in present-day America. Without question, Swan-Foster has managed the extraordinarybringing together critical information and perspectives for every art therapist, therapist, feminist, and/or practitioner who wants to better understand both the beauty and struggle of the perinatal period." Selena Shelley, MA, LMHC-Psychotherapist, When Survivors Give Birth Trainer, and adjunct faculty in the Department of Midwifery at Bastyr University "Art therapy and childbearing issues elegantly restores the childbirth process from one of a medically oriented procedure to its rightful place as a vital cosmic and archetypal experiencea profound threshold for the child and parents. The authors thoughtfully contribute their diverse perspectives, which bring forth a wealth of knowledge for the reader. Swan-Foster's text masterfully infuses the richness of participation in a primordial experience with contemporaneous relevance, a text sure to appeal to art therapists, students, and other mental health clinicians interested in the intersection of imagery and the emergent process of art and life."

Arts in Psychotherapy, Aug 1, 2001

Arts in Psychotherapy, Dec 1, 1989

La grossesse est un passage particulier ou la femme doit assumer de nombreuses transformations ps... more La grossesse est un passage particulier ou la femme doit assumer de nombreuses transformations psychophysiologiques et sociales. L'art creatif peut devenir un outil pour aider ces transformations. L'article presente l'analyse de quelques dessins de femmes enceintes

Jungian Art Therapy: Images, Dreams and Active Imagination, 2018

This chapter opens with Jung’s commitment to the unconscious and the development of his structure... more This chapter opens with Jung’s commitment to the unconscious and the development of his structure of the psyche. A brief review of signs, symbols, and symbolic thinking is followed by the notion of circumambulation as a way to learn Jung’s model of the psyche. Mandalas are briefly considered. Jung’s terms that mark the map of the psyche from an analytical perspective are introduced. The basic concepts that make up Jung’s structure of the psyche will be considered from the perspective of the ego. Spontaneous images are used to illustrate key ideas and principles of analytical psychology.

Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

In the introduction to this book the author describes her personal journey into Jungian psycholog... more In the introduction to this book the author describes her personal journey into Jungian psychology; she elaborates on early synchronistic experiences traveling in Europe where she was given a copy of Memories, Dream, Reflections, which introduced her to Jung’s life. Later, in the US, she encountered process painting and expressive therapy with free-spirited teachers who encouraged her individuation process. The introduction goes on to describe factors that inspired her to expand her art psychotherapy education and teaching roles to that of a Senior Jungian Training Analyst, and factors that inspired her to write the book on Jungian art therapy. She provides a summary of the factors that demonstrate Jung’s influence on the early development of art therapy in the UK and US, and her desire to show how Jung’s work with the unconscious was foundational in art therapy and yet it is not often recognized or credited. A brief map of the chapters of the book is also provided.

Psychological Perspectives, 2020

Art therapy and the image are active approaches to address the analytic third, an idea that was m... more Art therapy and the image are active approaches to address the analytic third, an idea that was mentioned by C. G. Jung in the Psychology of the Transference, but was first experienced by him as described in The Red Book (2009). Jung’s artmaking was an impressive lifelong affair that relied upon mixed media, making it reasonable for us to consider Jung as the father of art therapy. Prior to the 1913 publication of Symbols of Transformation, Jung visited America for a second time; on
this visit, the Jungian analyst Beatrice Hinkle introduced Jung to the Greenwich crowd. Among the noteworthy artists and activists were Margaret Naumburg and Florence Cane, who later established the field of art therapy in the United States. Despite the tension created from the Freud–Jung split, Naumburg and Cane were deeply influenced by Jung’s theoretical ideas, initially via Hinkle, with whom they analyzed for three years. Requiring a safe passage for the birth of art therapy, Naumburg navigated an independent third way, but drew from many of Jung’s
already established ideas to formulate her research and educational approach. Because the historical details surrounding the development of art therapy in America are being stitched back into an art therapy education, Jung’s early clinical insights regarding specific theoretical ideas gain visibility and respect. This overview acknowledges that analytical psychology remains a powerful and integral building block in the field of art therapy and offers relevant resources for theoretical and clinical
formulations when working as an art therapist.

Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 2012

Pregnancy as a feminine initiation becomes conscious to a woman when she engages with her pregnan... more Pregnancy as a feminine initiation becomes conscious to a woman when she engages with her pregnant imagination through dreams, art, emotions, and somatic changes. If the woman acknowledges her emotional and psychological reactions arising from core archetypal patterns, a "conscious pregnancy" occurs. Three stages of the initiation are outlined: Gateway, Attending, and Passage. Focusing on the Attending stage, three key psychological components are explored: shadow, syzygy, and simultaneity. Viewing the prenatal psyche through C.G. Jung's lens of Analytical Psychology sheds light on how archetypal patterns and symbolic material associated with initiatory tasks supports maternal confidence and enhances mother/infant attachment.

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Sep 1, 2022

Jung used creative methods such as picture-making and active imagination to work with complexes a... more Jung used creative methods such as picture-making and active imagination to work with complexes and in particular trauma and dissociation. A clinical example of a 60-year-old woman demonstrates the benefits of using creative methods to work with issues linked to early life, such as somatic intrusions of early childhood trauma. Significant inner figures were delineated, including the original figure associated with the infantile dissociative split. The figures illustrated Jung’s complex theory by making visible the nonverbal inner states that were initially feared and experienced as Other. Within an analytic relationship that included a working through, an innate creative process unfolded that permitted inner figures to become agents of change within her psyche. This paper highlights the value of Jung’s complex theory and the use of creative methods when working with dissociation, regression and unformulated infantile states, even when the analysand is in the later stages of adulthood.

Routledge eBooks, Jan 3, 2018

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Nov 1, 2022

Routledge eBooks, Aug 26, 2020

Art therapy, Dec 1, 2011

... felt sense after meditating 204 15.4 Patricia, felt sense, spirit 205 15.5 Felt sense, word, ... more ... felt sense after meditating 204 15.4 Patricia, felt sense, spirit 205 15.5 Felt sense, word, mail 209 15.6 Melinda, felt sense ... 12 FOCUSING-ORIENTED ART THERAPY Arrington, Richard Carolan,Arnell Etherington, Carolee Stabno, Gwen Sanders and other faculty, students, and ...

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Sep 1, 2022

Jung used creative methods such as picture‐making and active imagination to work with complexes a... more Jung used creative methods such as picture‐making and active imagination to work with complexes and in particular trauma and dissociation. A clinical example of a 60‐year‐old woman demonstrates the benefits of using creative methods to work with issues linked to early life, such as somatic intrusions of early childhood trauma. Significant inner figures were delineated, including the original figure associated with the infantile dissociative split. The figures illustrated Jung’s complex theory by making visible the nonverbal inner states that were initially feared and experienced as Other. Within an analytic relationship that included a working through, an innate creative process unfolded that permitted inner figures to become agents of change within her psyche. This paper highlights the value of Jung’s complex theory and the use of creative methods when working with dissociation, regression and unformulated infantile states, even when the analysand is in the later stages of adulthood.

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Aug 20, 2018

in Sophocles' tragedies, I certainly share the author's reflections regarding the issue of seeing... more in Sophocles' tragedies, I certainly share the author's reflections regarding the issue of seeing and not seeing the truth (in accordance to Bion's view). However, it seems more controversial to consider Oedipus as an adolescent, as Cassorla suggests, who is trying to cope with the original trauma of feeling unwanted and threatened. I would contradict Cassorla, by saying that Oedipus is not a boy, he is the king, and his tragic story is an intermediate step in the decadence trajectory of the ancient principle of genos and its patriarchal values, which was at the core of Euripides' poetics. In fact, it is Euripides who traces the origin of the myth of Oedipus back to Laius, who first betrayed the principles of genos by the abduction and rape of the young Crysippus. Laius' betrayal is at the origin of Oedipus' vicissitudes, the latter being the carrier of a crime that originally does not belong to him. Cassorla's views have the unquestionable quality of stimulating a creative discussion on theory and its implications in terms of technique and this paper is thus well worth reading.

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Jun 1, 2021

Routledge eBooks, Aug 26, 2020

As a woman who experienced trauma in childbirth when medicine was blind to its impact, I welcome ... more As a woman who experienced trauma in childbirth when medicine was blind to its impact, I welcome this book. As a mother whose daughter's survival was precarious during pregnancy, I welcome this book. As an art therapist who has treated many women becoming parents, I thank Nora Swan-Foster for editing it." Judith A. Rubin, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, president, Expressive Media; Author, Introduction to Art Therapy; The Art of Art Therapy "Picture a web, woven together by the intricacies of childbirth. That is what you will find in this anthology… a unique collection of knowledge, insight, and the reality of childbirth in present-day America. Without question, Swan-Foster has managed the extraordinarybringing together critical information and perspectives for every art therapist, therapist, feminist, and/or practitioner who wants to better understand both the beauty and struggle of the perinatal period." Selena Shelley, MA, LMHC-Psychotherapist, When Survivors Give Birth Trainer, and adjunct faculty in the Department of Midwifery at Bastyr University "Art therapy and childbearing issues elegantly restores the childbirth process from one of a medically oriented procedure to its rightful place as a vital cosmic and archetypal experiencea profound threshold for the child and parents. The authors thoughtfully contribute their diverse perspectives, which bring forth a wealth of knowledge for the reader. Swan-Foster's text masterfully infuses the richness of participation in a primordial experience with contemporaneous relevance, a text sure to appeal to art therapists, students, and other mental health clinicians interested in the intersection of imagery and the emergent process of art and life."

Arts in Psychotherapy, Aug 1, 2001

Arts in Psychotherapy, Dec 1, 1989

La grossesse est un passage particulier ou la femme doit assumer de nombreuses transformations ps... more La grossesse est un passage particulier ou la femme doit assumer de nombreuses transformations psychophysiologiques et sociales. L'art creatif peut devenir un outil pour aider ces transformations. L'article presente l'analyse de quelques dessins de femmes enceintes

Jungian Art Therapy: Images, Dreams and Active Imagination, 2018

This chapter opens with Jung’s commitment to the unconscious and the development of his structure... more This chapter opens with Jung’s commitment to the unconscious and the development of his structure of the psyche. A brief review of signs, symbols, and symbolic thinking is followed by the notion of circumambulation as a way to learn Jung’s model of the psyche. Mandalas are briefly considered. Jung’s terms that mark the map of the psyche from an analytical perspective are introduced. The basic concepts that make up Jung’s structure of the psyche will be considered from the perspective of the ego. Spontaneous images are used to illustrate key ideas and principles of analytical psychology.

Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

In the introduction to this book the author describes her personal journey into Jungian psycholog... more In the introduction to this book the author describes her personal journey into Jungian psychology; she elaborates on early synchronistic experiences traveling in Europe where she was given a copy of Memories, Dream, Reflections, which introduced her to Jung’s life. Later, in the US, she encountered process painting and expressive therapy with free-spirited teachers who encouraged her individuation process. The introduction goes on to describe factors that inspired her to expand her art psychotherapy education and teaching roles to that of a Senior Jungian Training Analyst, and factors that inspired her to write the book on Jungian art therapy. She provides a summary of the factors that demonstrate Jung’s influence on the early development of art therapy in the UK and US, and her desire to show how Jung’s work with the unconscious was foundational in art therapy and yet it is not often recognized or credited. A brief map of the chapters of the book is also provided.

Psychological Perspectives, 2020

Art therapy and the image are active approaches to address the analytic third, an idea that was m... more Art therapy and the image are active approaches to address the analytic third, an idea that was mentioned by C. G. Jung in the Psychology of the Transference, but was first experienced by him as described in The Red Book (2009). Jung’s artmaking was an impressive lifelong affair that relied upon mixed media, making it reasonable for us to consider Jung as the father of art therapy. Prior to the 1913 publication of Symbols of Transformation, Jung visited America for a second time; on
this visit, the Jungian analyst Beatrice Hinkle introduced Jung to the Greenwich crowd. Among the noteworthy artists and activists were Margaret Naumburg and Florence Cane, who later established the field of art therapy in the United States. Despite the tension created from the Freud–Jung split, Naumburg and Cane were deeply influenced by Jung’s theoretical ideas, initially via Hinkle, with whom they analyzed for three years. Requiring a safe passage for the birth of art therapy, Naumburg navigated an independent third way, but drew from many of Jung’s
already established ideas to formulate her research and educational approach. Because the historical details surrounding the development of art therapy in America are being stitched back into an art therapy education, Jung’s early clinical insights regarding specific theoretical ideas gain visibility and respect. This overview acknowledges that analytical psychology remains a powerful and integral building block in the field of art therapy and offers relevant resources for theoretical and clinical
formulations when working as an art therapist.

Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health, 2012

Pregnancy as a feminine initiation becomes conscious to a woman when she engages with her pregnan... more Pregnancy as a feminine initiation becomes conscious to a woman when she engages with her pregnant imagination through dreams, art, emotions, and somatic changes. If the woman acknowledges her emotional and psychological reactions arising from core archetypal patterns, a "conscious pregnancy" occurs. Three stages of the initiation are outlined: Gateway, Attending, and Passage. Focusing on the Attending stage, three key psychological components are explored: shadow, syzygy, and simultaneity. Viewing the prenatal psyche through C.G. Jung's lens of Analytical Psychology sheds light on how archetypal patterns and symbolic material associated with initiatory tasks supports maternal confidence and enhances mother/infant attachment.

Journal of Analytical Psychology, Sep 1, 2022

Jung used creative methods such as picture-making and active imagination to work with complexes a... more Jung used creative methods such as picture-making and active imagination to work with complexes and in particular trauma and dissociation. A clinical example of a 60-year-old woman demonstrates the benefits of using creative methods to work with issues linked to early life, such as somatic intrusions of early childhood trauma. Significant inner figures were delineated, including the original figure associated with the infantile dissociative split. The figures illustrated Jung’s complex theory by making visible the nonverbal inner states that were initially feared and experienced as Other. Within an analytic relationship that included a working through, an innate creative process unfolded that permitted inner figures to become agents of change within her psyche. This paper highlights the value of Jung’s complex theory and the use of creative methods when working with dissociation, regression and unformulated infantile states, even when the analysand is in the later stages of adulthood.