Creative arts therapies and shamanism: A comparison

Schmais, Claire

doi:10.1016/0197-4556(88)90030-5

Cited by 8 publications

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“…The identity of the field has been discussed in detail in the literature. There are those who see the art therapist as a shaman (McNiff, 1988) and those who emphasize the art therapist as a clinician (Schmais, 1988). Often forgotten in this argument are the other applications of art therapy.…”

Section: Special Section: Research In Art Therapymentioning

confidence: 96%

Models and Paradigms of Art Therapy Research

Carolan

2001

Art Therapy

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This paper addresses the theory and practice of research in art therapy. It argues for inclusiveness in considering methods of inquiry that can contribute to a fuller understanding and communicating of art therapy's effectiveness. It requires the collaboration of the artist and the scientist within the researcher to accomplish meaningful art therapy research, and calls for the bridging of that gulf. The author surveys traditional as well as alternative research methods giving examples from art therapy literature. Definitions of terms are considered as a means of establishing a basis for a language of communicating what we know as well as what we have yet to learn.

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Section: Special Section: Research In Art Therapymentioning

confidence: 96%

Models and Paradigms of Art Therapy Research

Carolan

2001

Art Therapy

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“…The use of folk healing has been discussed as an adjunct to art therapy (Golub, 1989;Schmais, 1988). For example, in Golubs use of art therapy with Cambodian survivors of war, Kroue Khmers, traditional healers, are sought for common somatic complaints.…”

Section: Art Therapy With Culturally Different Clientsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Art Therapy with Culturally Different Clients

Westlich

1994

Art Therapy

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To create a therapeutic alliance with a client, the art therapist needs to be sensitiue to the cultural differences which can bias the relationship. The purpose of this paper is to present a literature review of specifw cross-cultural therapeutic principles to be considered during treatment. Furthermore, it defines how barriers such as language, diagnostic errors, and others may influence the treatment and possibly contribute to a client's early termination from therapy. The author also c o d r s the use of art materials and gives attention to products andlor to processes during art therapy with the client. It is by exploring these issues that art therapists can possibly discouer an indiuidualized technique which will best benefit their clients who may h u e dzfferent cultural values, beliefs, and traditions.

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“…Loss of soul occurs when we lose part of our vital force due to emotional or physical trauma; it exposes itself to a fragmentation of the self: A part of the soul flies into the world of spirits when the situation is too painful to bear. Souls can be stolen by those who (spirits or men) are not energized or who are full of envy (Eliade, 1964; Harner, 1980; Hultkrantz, 1996; Schmais, 1988; Simon, 1998). Illness thus becomes “dis-ease” The connection to the unconscious or the “soul” is truncated, and the person experiences isolation and aloneness.…”

Section: Narrative and Palliative Carementioning

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The Narrative Effects of Shamanic Mythology in Palliative Care

Santarpia

Ricci

Meuche

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Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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We make meaning of disease, suffering, and death through narrative, by telling a story. In a therapeutic narrative approach, this article explores the influence of shamanic intervention in psycho-oncology. This qualitative study seeks to present the narrative effects of detailed shamanic sessions (the use of the drum and telling and interpreting visions according to the shamanic mythology) in the context of psycho-oncological treatment. In particular, the narrative positions of a patient (Mrs. AA) are described (using a software linguistic analysis, T-LAB) as they occurred before and after shamanistic sessions. The authors suggested that the shamanism sessions enabled Mrs. AA to produce a larger and more singular narrative about her end-of-life experience: from the initial narrative position of feeling “the acute consciousness of finiteness” to an emergent narrative position based on “consciousness of an interdependence/interconnection in all human and spiritual relationships.”

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Creative arts therapies and shamanism: A comparison

Cited by 8 publications

References 2 publications

Models and Paradigms of Art Therapy Research

Models and Paradigms of Art Therapy Research

Art Therapy with Culturally Different Clients

The Narrative Effects of Shamanic Mythology in Palliative Care

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