Intimate partner violence is a prevalent problem throughout the world and is associated with significant physical as well as psychological impairment for women. Few studies are available to fully illuminate which interventions are most beneficial in healing and empowering women …
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Experiencing trauma in childhood can have a pervasive impact on child development. There is evidence to suggest that non verbal creative therapies aid the processing of traumatic memories and therefore present as a child centred treatment option for children who have experienced…
Throughout history art has been regarded as an avenue for expression, healing, and a creative outlet for humanity. From simple cave drawings to detailed and expressive paintings no matter the artistic ability, the intention is to allow an escape from reality and an opening of th…
In order to be a therapist, one has to make certain they have addressed their emotional baggage. The journey to my career in art therapy has been filled with many educationally enlightening moments, both personal and professional. How does one mitigate their personal history as …
Large numbers of military veterans are returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with injuries and mental health issues. In response to this the Department of Veterans Affairs offers many evidenced based treatments, however, these treatments mostly rely on verbal processin…
This qualitative study explored the verbal and art making responses of Greek-Cypriot survivors who experienced the war event in Cyprus during 1974 and forced migration to the United States. Four Greek-Cypriot refugees were asked to recall traumatic memories during the war by cre…
The objective of this research, which is both psychological and anthropological, is to study the use of art therapy as a treatment modality with a traumatized group of Sudanese refugees known as the "Lost Boys of Sudan." A protocol developed for this study uses six art therapy p…
Art education in Saudi Arabia focuses mostly on beauty and harmony but rarely fosters individual expression and creativity. While graduate training in art therapy is largely focused on studies in psychology as they relate to the analysis of art and training in art education larg…
The primary goal of this research study was to explore the effects of a trauma-informed intervention on relaxation and body awareness in sheltered homeless women, where trauma history can be a pathway to homelessness, and the experience of homelessness itself can be traumatic. T…