The Healing Flow: Artistic Expression in Therapy

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The Healing Flow: Artistic Expression in Therapy......Page 1
Of Related Interest......Page 3
Copyright Info......Page 5
TOC......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Foreword......Page 12
Foreword......Page 16
Part 1 - Interpretative Quilting: A Qualitative Art-Based Approach to Inquiry......Page 18
1 - Introduction to the Healing Flow......Page 20
The Healing-Flow Model and its Implications......Page 23
Theoretical Considerations of the Healing-Flow Model and Interpretative Quilting......Page 32
2 - Interpretative Quilting as a Qualitative Approach to Inquiry......Page 41
Biographical Reflections as they Relate to the Dialogical Image/Word Approach......Page 58
3 - The Nature of Truth in Interpretative Quilting......Page 67
Part 2 - An Interpretative Quilt: A Qualitative Study of the Healing Flow within a Clinical Setting......Page 76
4 - The Role of Contextual Factors in Interpretative Quilting......Page 78
Contextual Features of the Dialogical Image/Word Process in Therapy and the Interpretative Quilt......Page 79
General Objectives and General Goals of the Art Therapy Group......Page 83
Practice-Based Theory of the Art Therapy Group within the Program for Post Traumatic Stress Recovery......Page 85
5 - A Window: Entering the Art Therapy Room......Page 93
Group Structure and Implementation of the Group......Page 94
The Therapist’s Role......Page 95
Individual Choices for Participation......Page 99
The Life of Images and the Healing Flow in the Clinical Context......Page 101
6 - Sam’s Journey with the Healing Flow......Page 103
First Session......Page 111
Second Session......Page 113
Third Session......Page 116
Fourth Session......Page 120
Fifth Session......Page 124
Sixth Session......Page 126
Seventh Session......Page 128
Eighth Session......Page 130
8 - A View into the Activities in an Art Therapy Session......Page 134
The Preparation Phase......Page 135
The Orientation Phase......Page 137
Retrospective View: A Therapist’s Reflections on Previous Sessions as a Tool to Guide the Healing Flow......Page 149
Shifting the Focus back to the Group......Page 156
The Experiential Phase......Page 163
9 - Verbal Reflection Phase of the Healing Flow of Images and the Quality of the Dialogical Image/Word Process......Page 169
10 - Transition Phase and Closing Ritual as a Container of the Healing Flow......Page 181
11 - Interpretative Border......Page 195
Therapist’s Reflections on the Dialogical Image/Word Approach to Art Therapy......Page 196
Final Reflection......Page 208
12 - Final Stitching......Page 211
Themes and Changing Functions of the Image......Page 214
Emerging Themes......Page 216
The Re-examination and Further Distillation of Emerging Themes2......Page 217
Nine Dialogical Entry Points to an Image......Page 223
13 - Modernity, Spirituality, and the Process of Art Toward Healing......Page 230
References......Page 242
Subject Index......Page 246
Author Index......Page 252