Bearing Witness to Trauma: An Intersubjective Art-Based Approach to Cross-Cultural, Trauma Therapy
by Steven L. Frazier
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About the Book
Bearing Witness to Trauma: An Intersubjective Approach to Cross-Cultural Art Therapy for Trauma is the result of my doctoral research in which I investigated the use of therapist-made art as an intersubjective tool in cross-cultural treatment of severely traumatized refugees and clients from the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. The focal subject of the investigation was a hermeneutic inquiry into how therapist-made art aided the formation of a deeply empathic, intersubjective space between therapist and client. In addition to facilitating attunement and understanding, my art served as a proxy witness to the clients’ cultural and emotional experiences in relationship to their traumatization. As verified by the clients in clinical interviews, the contemplative sharing of therapist-made artwork created a visual empathic dialogue that supplemented and, in some instances, replaced verbal therapeutic dialogue. The outcomes reflected in this book demonstrate a paradigmatic shift from typical uses of therapist art to process the therapist’s experiences with clients to the application of therapist art as an intervention that may facilitate a healing intersubjective space between clients and therapist.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Medicine & Science
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 90 -
Isbn
- Softcover: 9781389192227
- Publish Date: Dec 07, 2017
- Language English
- Keywords intersubjectivity; art therapy; cross-cultural counseling, therapist-made art; refugees, trauma; empathy; context of trauma; visual dialogue
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