Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MCM - MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Department
Expressive Therapies
Advisor
Vivien Speiser
Abstract
The following literary review is intended to synthesize existing data pertaining to art therapy and its application within adoption informed therapy. The adoption experience will be explored, and the basic tenants of trauma and attachment will be outlined. Current modes of trauma-informed therapy will be introduced and their compatibility with art therapy will be explored. The author will introduce a variety of art therapy interventions as presented through an assortment of theoretical lenses. These applications will be subdivided into their application with individual constellation members, families, groups, and will extend to immigrants and displaced individuals likely to enter into the foster and/or adoption system(s). This writer will conclude with a visual exploration of her own experience as an adoptee on the journey toward wholeness through implementation of the mandala.
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Recommended Citation
Woodstock, Caitlin, "Visual Art Therapy, Attachment, and the Adoption Constellation: A Literature Review" (2019). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 157.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/157
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