Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1108503 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
This article is part of a study that presents a model that uses art process as an evaluation tool in Art Therapy. By viewing the artistic process as being composed of three observed interwoven stages, based on the components of art: material, form and narrative and that by integrating this process with psychological understanding about “being alive” (Winnicott, 1971, ) and Wellbeing {Perles, (1951); Maslow, (1962); Csikszentmihalyi(2008)} it is possible to improve the client's feeling of wellbeing. It assumes that by completing the three phases of the artistic process enables self-integration.
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