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Art Therapy with Grieving Children: Effect on Affect in the Dual-Process Model
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Green, Darlene; Karafa, Kacie; Wilson, Stephanie – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2021
The Dual-Process Model of grieving suggests that oscillation between negative and positive emotions occurs throughout the grieving process. If either negative or positive emotions are overly emphasized the grieving process could be stymied. To determine how art therapy can support this model, this study evaluated changes in positive and negative…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Grief, Death, Coping
Recontextualizing the Draw a Story Assessment: Expanding the Expressive Function in Art Therapy
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Haag, Jonathan Lee – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2018
This naturalistic multiple-case study design (N = 6) examined the clinical use of a modified Draw A Story assessment as a therapeutic tool for a hospice art therapy program. The aim was to recontextualize a standardized art-based assessment for use as a creative art-based tool. Client participants were video recorded while creating a Draw A Story…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Hospices (Terminal Care), Freehand Drawing, Art Expression
Spirituality and Loss: Approaches for Counseling Grieving Adolescents
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Muselman, Dannette M.; Wiggins, Marsha I. – Counseling and Values, 2012
The death of a loved one has serious implications for adolescent growth and development. The authors review relevant research on the grief process and spirituality in adolescence, and they give a rationale for integrating spirituality into adolescent grief work. By way of a case illustration, they draw implications for counselors' use of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grief, Death, Religious Factors
Art Therapy Applications of Dolls in Grief Recovery, Identity, and Community Service
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Feen-Calligan, Holly; McIntyre, Barbara; Sands-Goldstein, Margaret – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2009
This article reviews the history of dollmaking that is relevant to art therapy, and the application of dolls as therapeutic media in clinical and educational settings. The authors describe their experiences using dollmaking in the resolution of grief, in professional identity construction, and in community service. The article addresses the…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Toys, Art Activities, Grief
Handbook of Art Therapy. Second Edition
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Malchiodi, Cathy A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2011
Providing a complete overview of art therapy, from theory and research to practical applications, this is the definitive handbook in the field. Leading practitioners demonstrate the nuts and bolts of arts-based intervention with children, adults, families, couples, and groups dealing with a wide range of clinical issues. Rich with illustrative…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Cultural Pluralism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Military Personnel
Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children
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Malchiodi, Cathy A., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Rich with case material and artwork samples, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Contributors include experienced practitioners of play, art, music, movement and drama therapies, bibliotherapy, and integrative therapies, who describe step-by-step…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Grief, Play Therapy, Crisis Intervention