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Group Art Therapy with Resilience-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Female North Korean Defectors in the United States
Get PDFThis study engages in phenomenological qualitative research, focusing on three North Korean defectors residing in the United States. The research comprised six sessions, each lasting ninety minutes. These sessions involved the active participation of the subjects in six face-to-face group art therapy (AT) sessions, adhering to the six guidelines outlined in the Amita Treatment Framework (ATF). These sessions encompassed the following components: 1) analyzing self-image; 2) finding positive qualities; 3) identifying challenges; 4) behaviors driven by emotions in challenging situations; 5) reframing challenges; and 6) reconstructing self-image and goal setting.
Results from the study revealed phenomenological insights into the participants\u27 artistic processes, their interpretations and perspectives on their artwork, and the transformative journey of reframing their self-concept and resilience. The study yielded significant results, demonstrating that participants experienced an increase in self-esteem through the support of group art therapy. In addition, it helped them overcome the psychological challenges associated with adapting to a new culture and fostered an optimistic and hopeful outlook on their new lives in the United States of America.
Participants also acknowledged the pivotal role of art therapy in strengthening their self-confidence and beliefs, equipping them with the resilience necessary to face the challenges of their new lives. These findings suggest that participants\u27 self-image and resilience improved after completing the program. Consequently, these findings underscore the significant contribution of art therapy in the area of psychological support and recovery for North Korean defectors, enabling them to envision a more positive future
Putting the Pieces Together: Inside/Outside Box Collage as a group art therapy directive for supporting emotional containment in an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
Get PDFFinding an art therapy directive that can be effective in engaging patients with a wide range of mental health diagnoses can be challenging. Even more so is a clinician’s ability to foster a sense of safety within the therapeutic group space of a psychiatric hospital. Many patients feel vulnerable in these settings given the history of institutionalism, as well as their experience of being uprooted from their typical environments and routines. As an art therapist in this setting, understanding which materials can best suit this population may be challenging, often achieved through a process of trail-and-error. The implementation of art therapy in psychiatric care has been proven effective throughout history. More specifically, the use of boxes and collage materials have been found meaningful within the field of art therapy research. This paper explores the therapist’s role in fostering a safe therapeutic space, the use of boxes in supporting containment, collage as a way to facilitate a non-judgmental and non-threatening atmosphere for patients diagnosed with various mood, personality, psychotic and substance use disorders, and the importance of emotional containment in psychiatric care
Dance/ Movement Therapy’s influence on students’ social-emotional learning and academic success: Developing a method in Hong Kong
Get PDFThe current study examined the impact of dance/movement therapy (DMT) on students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) and academic success. Previous research shows a correlation between SEL and academic success, between DMT and SEL, and between DMT and academic success. As an English teacher and dance/movement therapist, the researcher of the current study is interested in exploring the integration of social-emotional learning and dance/movement therapy techniques in English language curriculum for an after-school class. This thesis outlines the six after-school lessons for a class of Secondary Four students. The results of the methods as facilitated with the class are discussed. By using the nonjudgmental approach, students were found to have better emotional awareness and to be willing to engage in creative writing tasks after circle games and non-verbal movement activities
Exploring Role Method as an Identity Building Tool with Adolescent Adoptees: Development of a Method
Get PDFThe developmental task for adolescents concerns identity formation. Adoption literature indicates that for adolescent adoptees, the task of identity formation is often complex. As compared to their non-adopted peers, adolescent adoptees must contemplate their identity with informational factors and with potential gaps in their life stories. Though it is acknowledged in the literature that identity formation for adolescent adoptees is complex, and that adolescent adoptees seek mental health services in high percentages, little formal research has been conducted to investigate the usefulness of drama therapy in the treatment of adolescent adoptees, or the adoptee population overall. In response to a lack of prior research, this thesis asks: In what ways might the drama therapy approach of role method support identity formation in adolescent adoptees? After implementing a role method intervention with one adolescent adoptee client over three 50-minute sessions, results indicate that role method supported the client with self-perception and integration of identity as an adoptee. Implications include ways in which the structure and flexibility of role method align with the unifying and individual experiences of adolescent adoptees
How Art Therapy Can Help Survivors of Trauma Access an Embodied Sense of Safety: A Literature Review ศิลปะบำบัดสามารถช่วยให้ผู้รอดชีวิตจากการบาดเจ็บทางจิตใจได้เข้าถึง ความรู้สึกปลอดภัยภายในตัวตนได้อย่างไร: การทบทวนวรรณกรรม
Get PDFTraumatic stress can disrupt systemic rhythms in the brain and body that enable a person to feel safe in the world. Therefore, the initial phase of trauma treatment must focus on establishing an embodied sense of safety. This literature review examined cross-disciplinary data to assess whether art therapy can help trauma survivors access an embodied sense of safety, and if so, what therapeutic mechanisms contribute to its effectiveness. The data indicated that trauma-informed art therapy can support an embodied sense of safety through activating key therapeutic factors that downregulate instinctual defense mechanisms which can occur as a result of traumatic stress. Results revealed seven therapeutic factors that contributed to feelings of safety: therapeutic alliance; group belonging; synchrony with the natural world; affect regulation; sensory integration; a positive emotional state; and a sense of agency. Additionally, the paper outlines specific art therapy interventions that exemplify each therapeutic factor, and mechanisms that can illuminate how these therapeutic factors support an embodied sense of safety. The Thai version is available via a link under “Additional Files” at the bottom of this web page
Restorying Queer Family: A Scoping Review
Get PDFLGBTQ+ populations within clinical research are typically characterized through the lens of the minority stress model (Meyer, 2003) and the risks or problems that are associated with their identities (Kiekens et al., 2020). Despite rising rates of families headed by LGBTQ+ individuals (Suter et al., 2016), they remain underrepresented within family-based research (Jensen & Sanner, 2021).This body of work aims to move beyond these standards to explore the ways that LGBTQ+ individuals utilize narrative as a means of connecting themselves to their families. In order to accomplish this, a scoping literature review was conducted to answer the following question: “Within the current literature, in what ways has narrative been used to foster connection between LGBTQ+ individuals and their conception of family?” Seven articles were identified for inclusion based on their exploration of all three central concepts including LGBTQ+ individuals, family, and narrative. Based on these articles, four subthemes were generated, entitled “Experiences of Coming Out,” “Family Interactions Matter,” “Community and Society,” and “Continuous Evolution.” These subthemes articulate a larger theme described as “The Life Cycle of Queer Family,” which serves as a new narrative for the typical development of LGBTQ+ identities within a familial context. Recommendations for the development of a narradrama intervention targeting families with LGBTQ+ members are described. Lastly, the implications of this new narrative on clinical work with LGBTQ+ populations are discussed, and consideration of further inquiry is provided
Redefining Anger for Sexual and Gender Minorities Using Art as a Visual Voice
Get PDFArt therapy is an increasingly popular approach for addressing trauma and anger in clinical settings. This literature review explores the connections between art therapy, trauma, gender, and anger, drawing on a range of studies and theoretical perspectives. Background is provided on the history of anger within the context of societal institutions, interpersonal power dynamics, psychiatric nosology, and social justice movements. The review concludes that art therapy is ideally suited as a trauma-informed approach to addressing anger in the therapeutic setting. This is due to the unique opportunities that art making provides for helping individuals express and process their emotions nonverbally, develop emotional regulation skills, and promote healing
Lost in Treatment: Finding the Person through Developing a Method and Parallel Drawing
Get PDFThis project implemented a method developed with a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in mind, exploring how concepts from neurodiversity, double empathy problem, and phenomenology of living with ASD can be highlighted within the project. Progress was tracked through clinical observations, free-writing, art-based reflections, and consultations. Results highlighted the therapeutic potential of simulating a peer-to-peer, simultaneous art- making process in strengthening a therapeutic alliance grounded in the person-centered principles of non-judgment, empathy, and authenticity. The artwork created during the process acted as client-based documentation of Gestalts, superseding the clinical utility of a purely verbal therapeutic process within the context of working with ASD. Considerations for further research lie within the readers’ self-reflexivity regarding implicit neurotypical biases
Dancing With Your Baby: The Experiences of the Breastfeeding Mother-Infant Dyad Discovered Through the Artistry of Symbolic Dance.
Get PDFDancing with your baby: The experiences of the breastfeeding mother-infant dyad discovered through the artistry of symbolic dance is a study that explored the experiences of the breastfeeding mother-infant dyad through the dance/movement therapy techniques mirroring, leading and following, image making, and symbolic dance.
An art-based research study with the inquiries of the breastfeeding mother-infant dyad in mind, was designed with a phenomenological approach that included autobiographical narratives and embodied lived emotions and reflection, which allowed for the integration of dance and movement within the arts-based research realm. Interviews were conducted with each participant to provide an in-depth comprehension of their breastfeeding and postpartum experiences. The participants attended three open group discussions where they expressed their breastfeeding struggles and accomplishments, bonding with their child, and motherhood.
Participants were asked to create gestural descriptors that described their breastfeeding experience, and through the image making process, participants choreographed a symbolic dance which was captured on film. Journal entries included written testimonial and self-portraits created through photography and visual art. Eight themes emerged from this study: loneliness, pain, tired, importance of nurturing their infant, guilt, grief, joy, and closure. The researcher’s embodied empathetic reflection to the mother-infant movement sequences were also captured on film and is accompanied with a voice over that addressed the participants feelings and thoughts, and the overarching themes.
This study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and provided participants insight in finding resilience during breastfeeding and nurturing their infants during stressful times through therapeutic movement, kinesthetic empathy, and artistic dance
A Narrative Approach to Examining the Workplace Experiences of Professional Adults Living with Dyslexia
Get PDFA Narrative Approach to Examining the Workplace Experiences of Professional Adults living with Dyslexia is a qualitative narrative research study. The study gathered, documented, and analyzed participants’ lived experiences to improve an understanding of what makes an inclusive workplace setting. The literature and labor statistics recognize that many individuals with dyslexia are struggling at work, unemployed, unrecognized, marginalized, and underpaid. This inquiry is designed to gain greater insight into the existing employment discrepancies. The following research questions guided this investigation: 1. What are the experiences of professional adults with dyslexia in work environments? 2. How do adults with dyslexia navigate barriers found in the workplace? 3. What do the employment experiences of adults with dyslexia tell us about inclusive workplace cultures? Five professional adults living with dyslexia share personal insights that peek into the phenomenon of employees with neurodiversity navigating the workplace. Their narratives reveal the brilliance and ingenuity of dyslexia and the successes, strengths, strategies, complexities, and challenges experienced by such individuals in the working world. The findings include a social-cultural model of dyslexia where self-accommodations, individual pride, and self-created inclusive workplace environments lead to success. This research centers on the voices of adults with dyslexia. It is a call to action to create awareness and to create more inclusive work environments