NOTE: This article was published in the Journal of Public Mental Health in 2014,
Volume 13: Issue Number 3, pp. 142 – 145 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/co.1108/JPMH-11-2013-0012
The Creative Artist Support Group: A Case Study
byElliot Benjamin, Ph.D. November, 2013
Introduction
For the past few years I have periodically facilitated monthly meetings of a creative artists support group in my small town Belfast, Maine community. The number of people attending my meetings has always been small, ranging between two…..
NOTE: This article was published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology in 2008:
Vol. 48: Issue No. 1; pp. 61-88: http://jhp.sagepub.com/content/48/1/61
Summary
This article presents a psychological study of the “successful
creative artist” and the relationship between art and mental disturbance.
To elaborate, this article emphasizes what the author considers
to be “natural” (i.e., self-motivated) creative self-expression in
comparison to “normal” (i.e., socially approved) patterns of behavior.
Although what is natural may overlap…..
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