Diamond Shira, Lev-Wiesel Rachel
Shira Diamond, M.A., ATRThe Emili Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center, University of Haifa, Haifa, 31905, Israel.
Int J Group Psychother. 2016 Jul;66(3):401-421. doi: 10.1080/00207284.2016.1149414. Epub 2016 Mar 23.
The current study aims to explore, through the eyes of adult former clients, the experience of being in expressive arts group therapy (EAGT) as a child. By focusing on the memories of adults, the study allowed the exploration of former clients' understanding of what the therapy was about and its effects on their lives. Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with 20 adult former clients who, as children, had participated for at least one year in EAGT. Findings point toward the background of the empathic, attuned, safety, together with the fostering of the capacity to enter into spontaneous creative states, as central themes in participant' recollections of the therapeutic process. Further findings relate to the implicit and long-term quality of the therapeutic effect.
当前的研究旨在通过成年前客户的视角，探索儿时参加表达性艺术团体治疗（EAGT）的经历。通过关注成年人的记忆，该研究得以探究前客户对治疗内容及其对他们生活影响的理解。对20名成年前客户进行了半结构化开放式访谈，这些客户儿时至少参加过一年的EAGT。研究结果表明，共情、协调、安全的背景以及培养进入自发创作状态的能力，是参与者对治疗过程回忆中的核心主题。进一步的研究结果涉及治疗效果的隐性和长期性质。
