La tesis se compone de dos partes:1.-Un trabajo de carácter teórico sobre el concepto de arteterapia, su desarrollo en países anglosajones y en España, las principales métodos arteterapéuticos y la descripción de las variables que entran en juego en un tratamiento de arteterapia. 2.- Un trabajo empírico donde se realiza un análisis descriptivo de los datos aportados por una muestra de 60 arteterapeutas que trabajan en España. El trabajo de campo se basa en una encuesta de diseño transversal, mediante un cuestionario que ha permitido descubrir los principales métodos arteterapéuticos aplicados en España, realidad de la que no se posee información, por ser frecuentemente anónima. / It is structured in two parts.The first one is based on a theoretical reference about Art Therapy Conceptualization,its historical background and Art therapy development, not only in the Anglo-Saxon countries but also in Spain.Moreover,it describes the main theoretical and methodological orientations in Art therapy and its variables which intervene in the development of an art therapeutic program.The second part includes field work which describes the methodology that has been used by sixty art therapists in a Spanish professional context.Its design is a non experimental descriptive one,and it uses the modality of a transversal modality survey which includes a questionnaire that gathers this information which is usually anonymous and not very well known.

Syfte: Den här uppsatsen avsåg att genom en deskriptiv litteraturstudie beskriva vad litteraturen säger om hur estetiska inslag i vården kan främja hälsa. Metod: Data till studien inhämtades från databaserna Cinahl och Discovery samt via fritextsökningar, vilket resulterade i 16 artiklar. Resultat: Artiklarna tar upp viktiga aspekter gällande hur estetik kan användas som ett komplement till, eller substitut för många olika läkemedel såsom analgetiska preparat samt lugnande och ångestdämpande. Konvalescensen kunde förkortas enbart genom att se till att det fanns fönster med en utsikt samt släppte in solljus. Estetik kunde påverka det psykiska tillståndet, lindra depressioner, rädsla och oro samt höja känslan av glädje och välmående. Avsaknaden av exempelvis naturligt ljus kunde förvärra patientens tillstånd. Estetik visades även kunna skänka copingstrategier till exempelvis barn som inte ännu hunnit utveckla några egna positiva sådana. Slutsats: Estetik kan vara ett potent redskap som ej bör förbises inom vården. Om man strävar efter ett holistiskt synsätt och önskar att se hela individen och inte endast sjukdomen så bör man ha en estetisk medvetenhet och känna till dess inverkan på människan. / Aim: The aim was to describe what the literature said about how the aesthetic elements of the healthcare can promote health. Method: The data was collected from the databases Cinahl and Discovery and via full text search, which resulted in 16 articles. Results: The articles address important issues regarding how aesthetics can be used as a supplement or substitute for a variety of drugs such as analgesic drugs, sedatives and anxiolytics. Convalescence could be reduced simply by ensuring that there was a window with a view and sunlight. Aesthetics could affect the mental state, alleviate depression, fear and anxiety and increase feelings of happiness and wellbeing. The absence of natural light could worsen the patient's condition. Aesthetics was also able to give coping strategies, for example to children who have not yet developed their own. Conclusion: Aesthetics can be a potent tool that should not be overlooked in healthcare. If you seek a holistic approach and to see the whole person and not just the illness, you should have an aesthetic awareness and knowledge of its effects on man.

Artistic methods to evoke relaxation, spark creativity, and change self-perceptions are already being used by therapists, educators, and scientists. Interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers are developing to create new paradigms that incorporate the use of arts to empower individuals. By describing various connections between the arts and participants, researchers are looking at the expressive arts (including dance, music, drama, poetry, and visual arts) for transformation and self-actualization.The problem is that no construct is available to describe the transformation, "the conscious move from one deep structure of knowledge to another" (Wilber, 2004), that occurs when using the arts in health care and education/therapy, particularly in curriculum and instruction.This study developed a construct that integrates and describes how the arts assist with transformation. With analysis and description of two arts-based models, each with two programs, this dissertat ion shows how the arts function as a means of transformation.These arts-based Models are: Arts in Health Care and Arts in Education/Therapy. The Arts in Health Care Model sustains programs in settings such as hospitals, medical centers, and clinics. The Arts in Education/Therapy Model presents programs in counseling centers, rehabilitation, therapeutic settings, and expressive arts facilities.This study breaks new ground by using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to define change, transformation, and self-actualization. Within each Model, two Programs are described as curricula using George Posner's Curriculum Analysis. In the Health Care Model, Arts in Medicine programs at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville and Moffitt Cancer Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa are the two Programs reviewed. The Education/Therapy Model's two programs are Natalie Rogers' Creative Connection, based on her psychotherapeutic process, and Paulo Knill's Minstrels of the Soul, an inter-modal approach to expressive arts therapy. The final outcome, expressed as a Construct based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, synthesizes, condenses, and explains how the arts are being used for change and transformation, is termed Arts in New Directions.

This report contains discussion of four design projects aimed to investigate the ability of handicrafts to communicate complicated subject matter. In this exploration, handicrafts are used to present the experience of recovering from a traumatic experience by challenging commonly held stereotypes about handicrafts. By breaking the trauma and recovery process into four distinct stages, each stage can be discussed in detail via the corresponding design piece. Consequently, each stage also allows for new opportunities to apply handicraft practices in new ways. Through this line of questioning, the four pieces expand upon the imagery, materiality, subject matter, and formal creation techniques typically used in handicraft projects. This collection adds to a greater body of work that intersects traumatic experiences with art and design and that explores the power of design as a communication tool. It opens the door for further investigation into the application’s potential as a teaching tool for trauma victims, nontraditional applications of the craft, its ability to aid in the recovery process, and the potential risk and benefit victims have from such work being done and from creating such pieces themselves. / text

Experience and perception of deaf teenagers is different from their pairs. These differences may have an impact on the learning process, behaviour and artistic expression of deaf teenagers. Deaf teenagers usually perceive the meanings specifically and literally.They lack the flexibility of imagination and creativity. At the same time traditional, directive education does not disclose deep creative powers of deaf teenagers, which are characteristic of spontaneity and impetuosity. The purpose of this study is to explore the possibilities of using non-directive art methods in the development of deaf teenagers. Objectives of the study are the following: to study literary resources of pedagogy, psychology and art therapy that examine the problems of deaf teenagers; to research characteristics of pedagogical interaction in the development of creativity of deaf teenagers; to analyse the impact of art therapy process for the emotional change of deaf teenagers, and to reveal the possibilities of art as a means of artistic communication in the development of creativity of deaf teenagers. The research object is the creativity of deaf teenagers. Hypothesis: using art in the development of creativity of deaf teenagers is effective if a safe psychological context is created in the educational process during which they can freely express emotions and share experiences by artistic means. Research methods: analysis of literary resources, case study, observation by participation, conversation... [to full text]

As breast cancer incidence and survival rates increase, there is an urgent need to make appropriate psychosocial support available to all women with breast cancer. In this qualitative study, narrative inquiry was used to examine how women with breast cancer used visual creative expression (art therapy and/or independent art making) to address psychosocial needs that arose for them after their diagnoses. Seventeen women, aged 37-82, participated in this investigation. Data analysis of in-depth interviews with these women focused on narratives they constructed about why they turned to art therapy and/or independent art making and how it helped to be involved in these activities. Particular attention was given to the issue of meaning making. Four storylines emerged from the analysis. "Art and art therapy as a haven" came from narratives about using art making or art therapy for comfort and affirmation. The narratives that comprised "getting a clearer view" were about using visual creative expression to create a clear picture of emotional experience. "Clearing the way emotionally" came from narratives about self-expression and about processing difficult emotions. The narratives that yielded "expanding and enlivening the self were about the women fortifying and energizing themselves through visual creative expression. Two minor themes related to the role of the art therapist and negative experiences with art therapy also emerged. In their narratives, the women portrayed visual creative expression as flexible, compelling, and powerful means of addressing multiple psychosocial needs simultaneously. Above all, the storylines show that the women valued visual creative expression as a way to reduce the feeling of threat to existence, to affirm present existence, and to promote the ongoing existence of both their psyches and their bodies. The results of this study contribute to the field of psycho-oncology by extending understandings of meaning making in relation to breast cancer, supplying detailed explanations from the perspectives of women with breast cancer of how visual creative expression can be helpful, and providing valuable insight into how psychosocial support services based on visual creative expression might meet needs of women with breast cancer that would not be met through other types of services.

Šiame magistro darbe buvo tiriamas nuo priklausomybės ligų besigydančių žmonių dailės terapijos užsiėmimų patyrimas. Tai – nauja, literatūroje mažai analizuojama, tyrimų sritis. Teorinėje darbo dalyje aptariama priklausomybių samprata, jų rūšys, kilmės teorijos ir poveikis. Taip pat atskleidžiamas dailės terapijos kaip psichosocialinio reabilitacijos metodo galimybės. Šio darbo tikslas – ištirti kaip konkretūs, nuo priklausomybės ligų besigydantys, žmonės patiria dailės terapijos užsiėmimus. Magistriniame darbe taikomas kokybinis fenomenologinis tyrimo metodas, remiantis P.Colaizzi metodologija. Pusiau struktūruoto interviu pagalba apklausti septyni priklausomybės ligų reabilitacijos bendruomenėje besigydantys asmenys. Tyrimas atliekamas tam tikrais etapais. 1) Suformuluojami išankstiniai tyrėjo įsitikinimai; 2) Sukuriamas tyrimo klausimynas; 3) Su kiekvienu tyrimo dalyviu atliekamas pusiau struktūruotas individualus interviu; 4) Visi interviu transkribuojami; 5) Iš kiekvieno interviu protokolo išrenkamos frazės ar sakiniai, kurie tiesiogiai siejasi su tiriamu fenomenu ir, jais remiantis, sudaromas reikšmingų teiginių sąrašas; 6) Kiekvienas reikšmingas teiginys interpretuojamas, atrandant teiginiuose slypinčias prasmes; 7) Organizuojama interpretuotų teiginių visuma bei sudaromas temų sąrašas; 8) Temų sąrašas integruojamas į išsamų tiriamo fenomeno aprašą; 9) Susitinkama su kiekvienu tyrimo dalyviu bei atliekamas tyrimo duomenų verifikavimas; 10) Remiantis tyrimo dalyvių... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The main object of this master thesis is art therapy experience of people, having addiction problems, who are currently undergoing a special treatment program. This is a new investigation field that is very little analysed, so far. The theoretical part of the thesis discusses the conception of the addiction, its varieties, the theory of its origin, and its influence on people. Besides, art therapy is revealed as a possibility of a psychosocial rehabilitation method. The aim of the thesis – to investigate the impact of the art therapy courses on particular people, who are undergoing a special addiction treatment program. A qualitative phenomenological investigation method, based on P. Colaizzi methodology, was applied in the present master thesis. The investigation was carried out in the addict rehabilitation society, when seven persons, who were currently undergoing the treatment program, were involved into the investigation and interviewed by means of a half-structural interview procedure. The investigation was carried out in certain stages:1) the investigator defines his own preconceived assumptions; 2) the questionnaire is arranged; 3) all the participants of the investigation are interviewed personally using a half-structural interview procedure; 4) all the interviews are transcribed; 5) certain phrases and sentences are selected from each interview records that have a direct relationship with a phenomenon under the investigation, then a list of significant statements is... [to full text]

The metaphor of weaving and the methodology of phenomenology are used to expose eight ordinary people’s lived experience of receiving client-centred occupational therapy at home. This qualitative study reveals the themes of Thread, Weave and Texture interlocking to create the phenomenological structure of the lived experience. The two threads of being acknowledged and being respected are used with the five weaves of listening, taking time, demonstrating, having knowledge, and projecting a positive attitude, building four simple textures. The four textures -- having opportunity for choice, receiving support, getting information, and being cared about -- blended to form the participants’ lived experience. Their stories have inspired me to weave a tapestry of words, something that in its beauty celebrates the delivery of client-centred occupational therapy but also teaches these principles. / ix, 111 leaves ; 29 cm.

The Edmonton Arts and Youth Feasibility Study was conducted as a result of the question being asked "Can a structured art program be run with youth in conflict with the law?" It was a three month, arts-based, targeted prevention program run in an already existing drop-in centre for delinquent youth. This article reports on the qualitative findings of in-depth interviews conducted with the key stakeholders: participating adolescents (aged 14-19 years), lead artists, research assistants, and site directors. Findings suggest that the art curriculum, the strong relationships built, and the gains made were all strengths of the program. These gains include the acquisition of art skills, social skills and an improved ability to problem solve. Findings from this study also suggest the need for future research, including outcome studies and a program evaluation.

Dissertation submitted in partial compliance with the requirements for the Masters Degree in Technology: Fine Art in the Department of Fine Art, Durban Institute of Technology, 2006. / This study will investigate and critically evaluate the reconstitution of African women’s spiritualities in the context of the Amazwi Abesifazane project. This project forms part of the endeavours of Create Africa South, a Non Governmental Organisation situated in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, which was initiated by the artist Andries Botha. It encourages women, post trauma, to ‘re-member’ themselves by creating memory cloths of embroidery and appliqué reflecting on their experiences in pre- and post-apartheid South Africa. This interdisciplinary study theorises that it is an archive that speaks about African women resisting destructive forces and reconstituting their spiritualities through the therapeutic effects of creativity. The study will not include research into the many other activities undertaken by Create Africa South. Rupture is implied in the use of the word ‘reconstitution’. Reconstitution encompasses the act of constituting again the character of the body, mind and spirit as regards health, strength and well-being of the women (McIntosh, 1970:261). In this study, spirituality is defined as the way in which the women in the Amazwi Abesifazane project reflect upon and live out their belief in God. The power of storytelling is examined from the perspectives of narratology, narrative therapy, sewing and orality/literary studies as resources for the women’s reclamation of their lives. Defining feminisms in South Africa is problematised by issues of race, class and culture. In a context of poverty, everyday survivalist strategies are the diverse forms of resistance seen in the Amazwi Abesifazane project. The women’s stories, cloths and interviews are triangulated as primary data. They are examples of the rich art of resistance against despair and are located in a paradigm of hope. In conclusion, I strongly call for government support in declaring the project a national archive. The multidimensional mediums of the Amazwi Abesifazane/ UbuMama projects nurture the women’s creativity and revitalise their spiritualities towards personal and national transformation.