ABSTRACT
Irma Brenman Pick suggests that an example of inauthentic creativity is that of an omnipotent god who needs no contribution of any kind from anyone else in order to manifest himself. Brenman Pick writes that she cannot conceive of the maternal functions as an omnipotent act carried out by a mother who, in possession of all creativity, is sufficient unto herself. A main thesis of Brenman Pick's is that the maternal creative function must form part of the analytic function, and she is interested in exploring the authenticity/inauthenticity of both functions. As she puts it: There is more than one link in the task of emotional creativity. As Brenman Pick writes, this is a very important matter: the patient explores and becomes aware of to what extent the analyst avoids the issues that disturb him most, or whether, on the contrary, they are courageous enough to face them head-on.
