Relational Contexts and Aesthetics: Achieving Positive Connections with Mandated Clients

Autor/in	McKaig, Ann McCullough
Titel	Relational Contexts and Aesthetics: Achieving Positive Connections with Mandated Clients
Quelle	In: Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 20 (2003) 4, S.201-207 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-1656
Schlagwörter	Art Therapy; Victims of Crime; Females; Violence; Group Counseling; Counseling Techniques; Aesthetics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kunsttherapie; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Weibliches Geschlecht; Gewalt; Gruppenberatung; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Ästhetik
Abstract	This article describes a model for group art therapy using an art-based and relational-aesthetic approach. The group was developed to address the complicated issues presented when working with survivors of abuse who are court-mandated to attend counseling. The concept of "gender entrapment" (Richie, 1996) is offered to explain the survivors' circumstances. The author explores the benefits of utilizing the relational context, clinical training in art psychotherapy with special populations, and an implicit trust in the creative process in illustrating the positive effects of artmaking and group processes with these clients. Feminist frameworks are used to describe the population and address the complexities of healing from abuse within a context of oppression. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10