Sayers, Janet V. (2024) Inkblots, Psychotherapy and the Tavistock Clinic. British Journal of Psychotherapy, . Article Number bjp.12921. ISSN 1752-0118. (doi:10.1111/bjp.12921) (KAR id:107028)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12921 |
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to recount the early history of the Rorschach's inkblots test in Europe and the USA; its subsequent application in highlighting the ill effects on children of bombing during the Second World War; its wartime use in selecting military personnel; its post‐war use in selecting patients for psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic in London and subsequent decline in this use of Rorschach's inkblots in favour of focus on the psychotherapy patient's transference experience of the psychotherapist treating them. The article ends with evidence of interest, beyond psychotherapy, in Rorschach's inkblots and with the implications of this for the author's principal conclusion regarding the value of these inkblots in evoking the free association and conversation crucial to psychotherapy.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1111/bjp.12921 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Inkblots, Transference, Psychotherapy, Tavistock Clinic, David Malan, Herbert Phillipson, Second World War, Rorschach |
Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Funders: | University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56) |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
Date Deposited: | 08 Oct 2024 15:45 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2024 09:53 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/107028 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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