Stories Painting Pictures <<>> Pictures Painting Stories

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 28-47
Author(s):  
Jody Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Art Therapists ◽  
Collective Biography

In this essay, I work with the stories and artwork generated by a small group of visual art therapists who came together in a collective biography workshop. All of the participants, including the author, specialize in end-of-life and palliative art therapy. As a collective, we worked to bring our experiences back to our bodies through stories, art-making, and writing, to explore how working with people in the last days, weeks, or months of their lives affects us. In this essay I ask: What happens when stories paint pictures, and when pictures paint stories, to make visible our experiences of death, vulnerability, and love—experiences that might otherwise have been impossible to know?

Materializing Dying: Art and Mattering

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 716-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jody Thomson
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Art Making

In this article, the author takes a post-anthropocentric (re)turn to matter and mattering, using art-making-as-inquiry to think-feel about the ways in which art and matter matters in end-of-life art therapy. Visual art-making and new materialist theories are entangled with(in) stories from clinical end-of-life art therapy practice, textually and texturally performing how it is to work with affect, vibrant matter, vulnerability, and death. It is based on a symposium presented by four researchers at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in 2018 titled “Material Methods,” each mobilizing creative practices to think about death, and transformation.

scholarly journals Art Therapy in the Digital World: An Integrative Review of Current Practice and Future Directions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ania Zubala ◽  
Nicola Kennell ◽  
Simon Hackett
Keyword(s):  
Art Therapy ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Digital Arts ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Art Therapists

BackgroundPsychotherapy interventions increasingly utilize digital technologies to improve access to therapy and its acceptability. Opportunities that digital technology potentially creates for art therapy reach beyond increased access to include new possibilities of adaptation and extension of therapy tool box. Given growing interest in practice and research in this area, it is important to investigate how art therapists engage with digital technology or how (and whether) practice might be safely adapted to include new potential modes of delivery and new arts media.MethodsAn integrative review of peer-reviewed literature on the use of digital technology in art therapy was conducted. The methodology used is particularly well suited for early stage exploratory inquiries, allowing for close examination of papers from a variety of methodological paradigms. Only studies that presented empirical outcomes were included in the formal analysis.FindingsOver 400 records were screened and 12 studies were included in the synthesis, pertaining to both the use of digital technology for remote delivery and as a medium for art making. Included studies, adopting predominantly qualitative and mixed methods, are grouped according to their focus on: art therapists’ views and experiences, online/distance art therapy, and the use of digital arts media. Recurring themes are discussed, including potential benefits and risks of incorporating digital technology in sessions with clients, concerns relating to ethics, resistance toward digital arts media, technological limitations and implications for therapeutic relationship and therapy process. Propositions for best practice and technological innovations that could make some of the challenges redundant are also reviewed. Future directions in research are indicated and cautious openness is recommended in both research and practice.ConclusionThe review documents growing research illustrating increased use of digital technology by art therapists for both online delivery and digital art making. Potentially immense opportunities that technology brings for art therapy should be considered alongside limitations and challenges of clinical, pragmatic and ethical nature. The review aims to invite conversations and further research to explore ways in which technology could increase relevance and reach of art therapy without compromising clients’ safety and key principles of the profession.

Creativity in Art Therapy

2017 ◽  
pp. 327-336
Author(s):  
Rachel Brandoff
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Life Stressors ◽  
Art Making ◽  
Creative Thought ◽  
Art Therapists ◽  
Original Thinking ◽  
Therapy Clients ◽  
Made In

Art therapists help to access and awaken their clients' personal, latent creativity by promoting art making by the client (Snyder, 1997). Art Therapists aid clients by re-establishing creative thought and flow. They encourage the use of art materials, assist with the engagement in the art-making processes, and facilitate reflection on art made in the context of psychotherapy (Lombardi, 2014). Exercising creativity in therapy is an effective way to develop problem-solving and original thinking approaches, and it ultimately enables clients to generalize these skills towards other areas of life (Lowenfeld & Brittain, 1987). It is not uncommon for people to lose touch with creativity as a result of coping with life stressors, transitions or trauma. Through engagement with art making in art therapy, clients can potentially address psychological blockages that might inhibit or prevent access to creative thinking.

Visual Art Therapy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priska Defiani
Keyword(s):  
Art Therapy ◽  
Visual Art

Konseling merupakan proses pemberian bantuan yang dapat digunakan dengan teknik bantuan seperti teknik kesenian. Hal ini dilakukan karena pada proses konseling, banyak konseli yang sulit untuk mengungkapkan atau mengekspresikan dirinya sendiri yang sedang berada di situasi yang buruk. Konseling seni ini dapat menjadi solusi pada permasalahan ini karena konseling seni memiliki berbagai macam kesenian yang dapat digunakan sebagai pencair suasana dan juga dorongan bagi konseli utuk terbuka pada konselor.Visual Art adalah salah satu jenis kesenian yang berupa gambar, atau simbol yang bisa dilihat langsung oleh individu. Contoh dari visual art sangat beragam dan pada setiap jenisnya, terdapat cara yang berbeda pula untuk mengintrepetasikannya kedalam bahasa yang dapat dimengerti. Oleh karena itu, saya akan membahas mengenai visual art in counseling secara lengkap.

Visual Art Making for Therapist Growth and Self-Care

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Lewis Harter
Keyword(s):  
Visual Art ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Art Making

Visual Art di dalam Konseling dan Teori CBT

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ella Oktisaputri
Keyword(s):  
Art Therapy ◽  
Visual Art

Layanan bimbingan dan konseling merupakan layanan yang dapat diberikan kepada orang-orang yang membutuhkan bantuan atas permasalahan yang mereka alami. Di dalam memberikan konseling, konselor membutuhkan teknik-teknik tertentu yang harus terapeutik dan inovatif agar dapat diterapkan di dalam konseling yang mereka lakukan. Serta dapat membantu konseli di dalam mengatasi permasalahannya. Visual Art Therapy merupakan salah satu jenis teknik yang termasuk di dalam teknik-teknik expressive in counseling. Konseling yang menggunakan Visual Art Therapy dapat dilakukan pada konseli yang sulit mengungkapkan permasalahannya secara verbal akan tetapi dapat dengan mudah memvisualisasi permasalahannya melalui gambar, bentuk, atau lukisan. Untuk itu, konselor dapat membantu konseli yang kesulitan di dalam mengekspresikan diri melalui verbal, menggunakan Visual Art Therapy yang menggunakan visual/indera penglihatan dan karya yang dibuat. Jenis terapi ini dapat diberikan kepada seluruh rentang usia mulai dari anak-anak, remaja, orang dewasa maupun lansia. Dan juga, teori CBT sebagai sebuah teori yang berfokus untuk menangani permasalahan konseli dari pemikiran yang negatif menjadi positif. Teori ini menggunakan gabungan dari dua prinsip, yaitu prinsip kognitif dan tingkah laku. Untuk itu, teori ini sangat tepat untuk digunakan di dalam Visual Art Therapy yang memang dapat mendorong suatu kreativitas di dalam usaha pemecahan permasalahan yang terjadi tersebut.

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