ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author shows how her work with Christopher led she to discover the fascinating and puzzling ideas of quantum physics. She considers how these ideas might be seen to apply to aspects of the arts-based therapeutic relationship, the creative process, and clients' breakthrough moments. Reading about quantum physics, the author could understand why the shock of the ideas had resurrected Christopher's childhood terror of uncertainty. Quantum science emerged at the start of the twentieth century when developing technology enabled physicists for the first time to measure the behaviour of subatomic particles. At the quantum level it seems that everything is one dynamic–an interconnected pattern of probability that can include consciousness. Quantum physicists have shown that the discontinuous movement of subatomic particles is entirely different to movement in the every day world. Working with arts media in psychotherapy provides a vehicle for clients to express and experience a reality beyond logic and their intellect.
