by Charmaine Husum
How can using one art therapy activity which integrates all three stages of trauma therapy as outlined by Judith Herman (1992b), help survivors of trauma and abuse heal? What precautions need to be made to assure safety and stabilization are established and felt throughout?
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There is a legacy of abused and neglected children in First Nations communities resulting from what amounts to ongoing attempted cultural genocide by the Provincial and Federal Governments of Canada. My thesis is that the use of art is helpful in assisting clients to identify and work through issues, which are a direct result of 123 years of enforced, mandatory attendance at Indian residential schools.
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