Relational Art Therapy: Bridge to Healing of the Abused Child
Graduation Date
Spring 1985
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Document Form
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
Degree Granting Institution
Notre Dame de Namur University
Program Name
Art Therapy
Abstract
This paper will address issues that will be of interest to art therapists working with abused children. Some of the topics to be discussed will be: the dynamics of the therapeutic relationship between therapist and client, using art therapy in building a therapeutic relationship, and treating problem areas of the child in an institution for abused children. A case study will show how graphic indicators of child abuse, as well as sexual abuse, emerged in the art of an abused child.
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