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Object Sculpts
     

The looking glass into the world of early life

Object sculpting defines a technique of working with objects designed to pin-point, detect and explore unconscious early life experiences and trauma. Object sculpting relies on the intuitive perception and processing of subtle patterns of communication as such patterns govern the choice and arrangement of specific objects in time and space. The visual impact of such highly ideosyncratic object sculpts on individuals may be truly remarkable in the sense of catalyzing unconscious experiences and trauma into the realm of consciousness. The power of such object sculpts does therefore lie in facilitating the integration of hitherto previously inaccessible experiences and trauma into the conscious landscape.

References:

Heinl, P. (1988) Object sculpting, symbolic communication and early experience: a single case study, Journal of Family Therapy, 10,167-178

Heinl, P. (2001) Splintered Innocence.
An intuitive Approach to Treating War Trauma, Brunner-Routledge: London- New York

     

© Dr med Peter Heinl MRCPsych, 2004