Pieces Found and Placed: A Mindfulness Approach to Art Therapy With a Group For Female Survivors of Childhood Trauma

by Cindy Fawcett

This research study highlights the intersection of mindfulness and art psychotherapy and its influence on trauma recovery work with a group for female survivors of childhood trauma in later stages of recovery.

2014Cindy FawcettJuly 14, 2016mindfulness, survivor, child development, trauma, children, group art therapy, psychotherapy, action research, body awareness, pain management, female

The Apex of a Lemniscate

by Kristin Dillenbeck

This thesis illustrates the benefits of using a developmental approach to art therapy in conjunction with neurology by presenting a single case phenomenological case study of a teen girl with brain trauma.

2014Kristin DillenbeckJuly 14, 2016developmental theory, neurology, brain injury, children, epilepsy, seizure, body awareness, identity, self-mastery, female

The Co-Creative Aspect of Body Imagery

by Andrea Hrysko

This research paper reviews the process and outcomes of a group of people with developmental disabilities who participated in group art therapy and the co-creation of body imagery (mask-making and body tracing).

2006Andrea HryskoJuly 6, 2016disability, developmental disability, group art therapy, mask, body-tracing, body awareness, body image, adults, case study, identity, stigma

The Tao of Art Therapy: Bodily Movement as a Bridge Between the Conscious and Unconscious

by Linda C. Mahoney

In this paper, the role of movement and the kinaesthetic sense as a form of perception, in combination with the concept of balance and rhythm (Cane, 1983), is explored through a qualitative analysis of the phenomena of vigorous gross motor movement of the arm in the spontaneous creation of images with art media.

2004Linda C. MahoneyJuly 4, 2016body awareness, rhythm, florance cane, perception, retrospective, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, stress, phenomenology, circle

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