Developing: Art, mastery, self

Journal/Book: Pratt Institute Creative Arts Therapy Review. 1991; 12: 16-29.

Abstract: Describes the use of art materials to illustrate the interplay between the development of the ability to engage in the creative process and the growth of trust and rapport between the patient and therapist. The patient was a 15-yr-old girl with borderline personality characteristics who was hospitalized after making suicidal threats. As she began to respond to the developing therapeutic relationship, she experienced a sense of control over the materials. Movement toward goal-directed, interactive behavior was facilitated by a growing sense of mastery of her environment.

Note: Using Smart Source Parsing ability to engage in creative process & mastery of art materials; trust & rapport between patient & therapist; 15 yr old female with borderline characteristics; case report

Keyword(s): Creativity ; art therapy; therapeutic processes; case report; borderline states; adolescence ; adulthood

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