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Art Therapy's negetive aspects
Category: Health Asked by: pjat-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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30 Jul 2002 23:52 PDT
Expires: 29 Aug 2002 23:52 PDT Question ID: 47273 |
Where can I find articles written about art therapy that are negetive-problem with the pratice? |
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Re: Art Therapy's negetive aspects
From: dexterpexter-ga on 30 Jul 2002 23:58 PDT |
I will add more momentarily. However, http://www.arttherapy.org/art_therapy_in_the_news.htm says that: "the biggest problem facing the field of art therapy is that there are not enough art therapists and not enough institutions to train them, especially in the Southwest - a problem she hopes some foundation can address." If you can call that negative... |
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Re: Art Therapy's negetive aspects
From: pjat-ga on 31 Jul 2002 12:57 PDT |
Thank you for the comment but this is not what I need. I must have creditable sources such as a mental health professionals, stating the CONS in art therapy-for example-- it encourages feelings to go unverbalized, or there are unprofessional trained people doing the work, etc. I need the cited research in order to argue all PROS. for an argumentative research paper I am doing in English Compaction. Our professor requires at least three sources. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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Re: Art Therapy's negetive aspects
From: dexterpexter-ga on 01 Aug 2002 01:47 PDT |
Certainly. Thanks for the clarification. I now have an idea of what to look for, and will certainly do so. I will try to find some mental health organizations and see what they say, particularly the Boards that decide credible treatment because, for a while, this form of therapy was not accepted in the mental health community, and I am sure there are plenty of their quotes still hanging around somewhere online. On a personal note, I have found the treatment to beneficial to some, but not really for others. Here is a personal experience I have seen, although I must first note that I am not a mental health expert and this experience describes my distanced observation of a woman and my own opinions: a woman who was undergoing counseling for post traumatic stress syndrome tries this controversial form of treatment. The person treating her suggested she draw her feelings, her thoughts, and her dreams in a sketchbook so that she would relieve the intense pain buried in her, and to give him a better picture for what she could not put into words. Upon being faced with her thoughts in vivid color, she becomes apprehensive about showing the work to family, who see the book as the tangible manifestation of all of the things they could not understand about her. They want to understand and see the art the woman has created, while she only wants to hide it and keep it a personal thing between she and her therapist. This creates a break down in the family as the family is hurt by her hiding from them, and to her with her mistrust and paranoia of them looking at her work. This could be seen as negative, because in treating one problem, another has been produced. She finds herself horrified at facing the tangible manifestation of her thoughts. She tends to lack verbalization, using the private sketchbook as a crutch against verbalizing her feelings to others. She suppresses things. My thoughts are that the art therapy can be a good thing with some, but particularly dangerous with certain patients. You see, I feel that therapy is most effective when a person can empty themselves of their pain and guilt, and foster understanding with others. By using the sketchbook as a vessel for their pain, they are not sending it from themselves and gaining support, but are simply moving the pain and guilt to this new extension of themselves, where they must ultimately face their pain alone something some people are not mentally strong enough to do. This is hard for me to say considering that I worked as a studio artist and find my work extremely therapeutic. Then again, I can handle facing the manifestation of my thoughts and feelings. The woman I described, could not. Good luck in your search and I will try to track down those references for you. |
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Re: Art Therapy's negetive aspects
From: dexterpexter-ga on 15 Aug 2002 00:31 PDT |
No luck as of yet on those references, although I must admit that I took a short vacation in the midst of my searching. I will, however, resume looking and see if something won't pop up somewhere in the nether regions of the 'net. dexterpexter |
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Re: Art Therapy's negetive aspects
From: doctrish-ga on 15 Aug 2003 20:55 PDT |
Here is an article from cancer.org http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_Art_Therapy.asp?sitearea=ETO "Art therapy is considered safe and may be useful as a complementary therapy to help people with cancer deal with their emotions. Although uncomfortable feelings may be stirred up at times, this is considered part of the healing process." Another article: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/g2603/0001/2603000173/p4/article.jhtml?term= "Art materials and techniques should match the age and ability of the client. People with impairments, such as traumatic brain injury or an organic neurological condition, may have difficulties with the self-discovery portion of the art therapy process depending on their level of functioning. However, they may still benefit from art therapy through the sensory stimulation it provides and the pleasure they get from artistic creation. While art is accessible to all (with or without a therapist to guide the process), it may be difficult to tap the full potential of the interpretive part of art therapy without a therapist to guide the process. When art therapy is chosen as a therapeutic tool to cope with a physical condition, it should be treated as a supplemental therapy and not as a substitute for conventional medical treatments." Hope these help... |
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