Abstract

On the trail of Asclepius: the art of treating between innovation and stead- fastness. Artists and therapists, from antiquity till today, have crossed their courses and boundaries. Aestetic and clinical dimension cross with deep levels of uman expe- rience. Art Therapy can offer an innovator perspective, but Asclepius’s mith puts in evidence the phantasmatic plot that forms a steadfastness element. Artists and thera- pists should beweare of mere technical details, but also boundless emotions. Therapists, beyond technical innovation, should be concious of phantasmatic plot in the helping relation, for avoiding malpractice and burn out risks.