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The use of art making to recount parallel process in the supervisory relationship: A pilot study
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| Title: | The use of art making to recount parallel process in the supervisory relationship: A pilot study |
| Authors: | Navarro, Tracylynn A E |
| Keywords: | Art Therapy |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2003 |
| Abstract: | The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological pilot study was to investigate
the art therapist's use of art making to recount the intrapersonal experience in the
supervisory relationship. The objective of this thesis research was to obtain an in depth
description of the art therapist's experience of art making used to recount parallel process
in supervision. This research is based on the assumption that because thoughts and
feelings can often find expression in images prior to being expressed in words, art
making about one's relationships with their patients and supervisors may provide an
additional dimension of insight into the interpersonal and relational dynamics that exist.
The subjects in this study were 2 female art therapists. The subjects were asked to
create symbols of both their therapeutic relationship with a patient and their supervisory
relationship with a supervisor. After the completion of each image, an open ended
interview was conducted with the subjects to explore this experience in depth.
The results of this phenomenological study were obtained using the data analysis
methodology delineated by Moustakas (1994). The results indicated that the lived
experience of art therapists using art making to recount parallel process entailed the
following common themes: desire for nurturance in supervisory relationship reflected
patient's need for nurturance; desire for clearly defined boundaries in supervisory
relationship related to clearly defined boundaries in patient relationship; ambivalence,
and anxiety, frustration and tension experienced in both relationships; desire to reduce
anxiety in both relationships; deepened connections and learning experienced through
sharing of image and art process; and strong emotions evoked from interplay between
relationships and art making process. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1106 |
| Appears in Collections: | Health Sciences Theses and Dissertations
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