Lucy Gibson BAAT / HCPC Art Psychotherapist   -   Addiction Therapist
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23rd March 2016 Lucy is part of a group of Artists and Art Therapists called ‘Winnicott Wednesdays’. http://winnicottwednesdays.weebly.com/about.html About Winnicott Wednesdays The idea of Winnicott Wednesdays formed in 2010, when a group of artists training to become Art Psychotherapists at Goldsmiths University began to meet most weeks (usually on a Wednesday) to debrief on their personal and collective experiences of the course; to try to make sense of psychoanalysis and art, and to attempt to reconcile the ongoing, often conflicting nature of the dual roles of artist and Art Therapist. As they negotiated their often baffling emotional reactions and responses to the subject matter of the training they began to form friendships...these regular meetings became known as ‘Winnicott Wednesdays’. The group is an artist collective of like-minded individuals working together to create art and continue their discourse. Recent Exhibition: ‘Scapegoat’ Winnicott Wednesdays presented their third show at the A-side B-side Gallery in October 2015. In early western tradition, scapegoating was a complex ritual of atoning for the sins of a community which involved two goats; one offered to God as a sacrifice and the other embodied with the sins or illness of the community and banished into the wilderness. This early ritual relied on 'the belief that attributes and states are transferable substances.' (Cassirer,1955). Are these processes still at work in contemporary society, institutions and families? In 2015, the Chinese Year of the Goat, can the image or the archetype of the goat hold meaning for us in a way that enables an understanding of our projections of unwanted, undesired yet human attributes? ‘This group of artists embody something particular and distinctive about this realm of practice. I am impressed by these imaginative responses; developing beyond their initial training. Their collaboration opens up a dynamic and reflexive view progressing explorations into the essence and potential of Art Psychotherapy as a way to communicate, understand and transform experience in both intimate and political dimensions. This work reflects how Art Psychotherapy is numinous as well as tangible. It opens up thinking, expression and experience. I am heartened by the work of the 'Winnicott Wednesdays' collaboration. It creates a place that connects and supports people. It is a testament to being responsive to the 'vulnerable' self, as well as to others, and to thinking critically about experience and the significance of context.’ Dr Jill Westwood Programme Convenor: MA Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths University, London
Lucy Gibson BAAT / HCPC Art Psychotherapist   -   Addiction Therapist

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23rd March 2016 Lucy is part of a group of Artists and Art Therapists called ‘Winnicott Wednesdays’. http://winnicottwednesdays.weebly.com/about.html About Winnicott Wednesdays The idea of Winnicott Wednesdays formed in 2010, when a group of artists training to become Art Psychotherapists at Goldsmiths University began to meet most weeks (usually on a Wednesday) to debrief on their personal and collective experiences of the course; to try to make sense of psychoanalysis and art, and to attempt to reconcile the ongoing, often conflicting nature of the dual roles of artist and Art Therapist. As they negotiated their often baffling emotional reactions and responses to the subject matter of the training they began to form friendships...these regular meetings became known as ‘Winnicott Wednesdays’. The group is an artist collective of like-minded individuals working together to create art and continue their discourse. Recent Exhibition: ‘Scapegoat’ Winnicott Wednesdays presented their third show at the A-side B-side Gallery in October 2015. In early western tradition, scapegoating was a complex ritual of atoning for the sins of a community which involved two goats; one offered to God as a sacrifice and the other embodied with the sins or illness of the community and banished into the wilderness. This early ritual relied on 'the belief that attributes and states are transferable substances.' (Cassirer,1955). Are these processes still at work in contemporary society, institutions and families? In 2015, the Chinese Year of the Goat, can the image or the archetype of the goat hold meaning for us in a way that enables an understanding of our projections of unwanted, undesired yet human attributes? ‘This group of artists embody something particular and distinctive about this realm of practice. I am impressed by these imaginative responses; developing beyond their initial training. Their collaboration opens up a dynamic and reflexive view progressing explorations into the essence and potential of Art Psychotherapy as a way to communicate, understand and transform experience in both intimate and political dimensions. This work reflects how Art Psychotherapy is numinous as well as tangible. It opens up thinking, expression and experience. I am heartened by the work of the 'Winnicott Wednesdays' collaboration. It creates a place that connects and supports people. It is a testament to being responsive to the 'vulnerable' self, as well as to others, and to thinking critically about experience and the significance of context.’ Dr Jill Westwood Programme Convenor: MA Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths University, London