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Creating Connections: The Value of Art Therapy for Individuals with Mental Illness

by Michelle Murphy

This research project explored the value and function of group art therapy by illuminating its benefits for individuals with chronic mental illnesses who reside in tertiary psychiatric care.

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2016Michelle Murphygroup art therapy, chronic mental illness, mental illness, mental health, psychiatry, psychiatric care, case study, self-esteem, self-confidence, autonomy, self-mastery, stress, anxiety, inpatient, trauma, life review, thematic analysis
The Tao of Art Therapy: Bodily Movement as a Bridge Between the Conscious and Unconscious

by Linda C. Mahoney

In this paper, the role of movement and the kinaesthetic sense as a form of perception, in combination with the concept of balance and rhythm (Cane, 1983), is explored through a qualitative analysis of the phenomena of vigorous gross motor movement of the arm in the spontaneous creation of images with art media.

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2004Linda C. Mahoneybody awareness, rhythm, florance cane, perception, retrospective, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, stress, phenomenology, circle