Art as Symbolic Speech

Naumburg, Margaret

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“…Art making is here seen as an intermediate step that facilitates the externalization of somatic knowledge. At times the pictorial form will suffice (as in the case of Art as Therapy (Kramer, 2001)) and at other times verbal discussion will ensue as in Art Psychotherapy (Naumburg, 1955). …”

Section: Four Core Therapeutic Processesmentioning

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The bodymind model: A platform for studying the mechanisms of change induced by art therapy

Czamanski-Cohen

Weihs

2016

The Arts in Psychotherapy

105

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This paper introduces the Bodymind model of Art Therapy and delineates the processes through which it has salutary effects on individuals coping with a variety of health related challenges. The goal of this model is to articulate how activation, reorganization, growth and reintegration of the self can emerge from bodymind processes activated by art therapy. It provides a framework for the conduct of research that will test the key theoretical mechanisms through which art therapy benefits clients. We expect this model to be a spring board for discussion, debate and development of the profession of art therapy. Furthermore, we hope readers can use this model to conduct sound mechanistic studies. This paper can inform social scientists and medical professionals on the manner in which art making can contribute to health.

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Section: Four Core Therapeutic Processesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The bodymind model: A platform for studying the mechanisms of change induced by art therapy

Czamanski-Cohen

Weihs

2016

The Arts in Psychotherapy

105

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“…Afirma Naumburg (1955): "A intelectualização e o verbalismo exagerado da nossa cultura foram impostos sobre os níveis mais profundos e mais primitivos da nossa modalidade inconsciente de expressão por meio de imagens" (p. 435). Segundo Carvalho e Andrade (1995), outra vertente foi criada por Edith Kramer, centrada no valor terapêutico do processo criativo e do fazer artístico em si; e uma terceira vertente desenvolveu-se a partir do trabalho de Janie Rhyne, que afirma que o valor terapêutico da atividade artística está tanto no processo de criação quanto nas possíveis reflexões e elaborações posteriores sobre os trabalhos realizados.…”

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A psique expressiva: o estudo de um processo psicoterápico aliado à produção plástica

Vergueiro

2017

Self - Rev. Inst. Junguiano São Paulo

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O estudo de caso apresentado demonstra uma maneira de utilizar recursos expressivos em psicoterapia e a análise simbólica desse processo. Ele se dedica à trajetória de um paciente que, ao ingressar em psicoterapia, sofre de ansiedade intensa e não vê perspectivas na vida. A leitura psicodinâmica identifica a ação acentuada de complexos e a falta de contato com o mundo interno. Ao longo do processo o paciente acessa seu inconsciente mediante o contato com os sonhos, sua expressividade plástica e diálogo com a psicoterapeuta. Muitas conquistas são realizadas: os complexos materno e paterno são revisitados e transformados; a conscientização de conteúdos inconscientes por meio da compreensão simbólica oferece ao paciente um caminho para sua energia psíquica, o que resulta em uma nova vitalidade; a perspectiva simbólica passa a fazer parte da sua vida, antes aprisionada a uma visão literal, concreta. Uma vez em posse desses recursos, sua personalidade se fortalece e seu herói se manifesta, voltando a lhe oferecer protagonismo e perspectivas criativas na vida. Este trabalho busca, assim, aproximar estudo e prática em psicologia analítica: a pesquisa acadêmica, o atendimento clínico, a fundamentação teórica e o uso da expressividade plástica, sem a pretensão de esgotar as possibilidades de leitura e compreensão do caso ou das áreas de conhecimento abordadas.

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“…Freud observed that many patients ' most meaningful remarks were descriptions of visual images and he felt dream interpretation was a difficult task due to the necessary translation into words (Naumberg, 1955). At this time psychiatry was beginning to recognize the limitations verbal therapy placed on selfexpression, which served as one of the inspirations for art making and processing as a modality for treatment (Waller, 1993).…”

Section: History Of Art As Therapymentioning

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“…Naumberg, whose training included both Freudian and Jungian approaches, added that the unconscious thinks and feels in symbolic images and that it is expressed through spontaneous art (Naumberg, 1955;Ulman, 2001 ). Naumberg stated that when the client is able "to express his deepest fears , wishes and fantasies on paper or in clay, he is tapping into the unconscious in the symbolic language of images, which will often bring to the surface what he dare not say in words" (Waller, 1991 , p. 5).…”

Section: History Of Art As Therapymentioning

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Expressive art-based autoethnography: a study of counsellor identity

Petruzzellis¹

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This autoethnography was designed to examine the meaning created when a counsellor and art therapist in training reviewed the qualitative interviews of other mental health practitioners in order to gain insight into her own counsellor identity. The method for gathering data was conducted through a self directed art-based process that accessed the kinesthetic-sensory, aesthetic-emotional , or cognitive-symbolic dimensions of the mind and body. Art making was used as a modality to express the meaning derived from the interviews in combination with the researcher' s existing worldview and experiences with counselling thus far. The art making was followed by an aesthetic analysis of the process and product in order to maintain an exploratory stance and extract deeper meaning from the work. Through this personalized process, the researcher was able to pull themes from the lived experiences of others that related to herself while, at the same time, developing her personal and professional identity. Table of Contents Abstract

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Art as Symbolic Speech

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The bodymind model: A platform for studying the mechanisms of change induced by art therapy

The bodymind model: A platform for studying the mechanisms of change induced by art therapy

A psique expressiva: o estudo de um processo psicoterápico aliado à produção plástica

Expressive art-based autoethnography: a study of counsellor identity

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