ERIC Number: EJ1429135
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 7
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-1656
EISSN: EISSN-2159-9394
The Picture-Perfect Home: A Case Study of a 49-Year-Old Woman in Residential Treatment
Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, v41 n2 p100-106 2024
The symbol of the house has not been explored in contemporary art therapy. This case study describes how a 49-year-old woman constructed what she described as the picture-perfect home made in 18 art therapy sessions over a six-week period during a residential stay. The client's structure had two notable components--a facade and an interior--one corresponding to her public self and the other to her private self. Her artwork exemplifies how the house may be an ideal symbol for the synchronization of public self into harmonization with innermost psyche and intrafamilial relationships.
Descriptors: Adults, Females, Residential Institutions, Art Therapy, Self Concept, Place of Residence, Psychological Needs, Well Being
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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