Chapter
Environmental and Ecological Factors of Veterans’ Health and Well-Being
Evaluation and Evidence-Based Practice: Challenges for Art Therapists Working with War Veterans
Clinical Art Psychotherapy at the Specialized Psychotherapy Department of the Hospital for War Veterans: Setting and Procedure
Brief Group Art Psychotherapy Program and Procedure
The First Stage of Group Art Psychotherapy
The Final Stage of Art Psychotherapy
The Study of Therapeutic Effects of Group Art Psychotherapy with War Veterans
The Goal and the Hypotheses of the Study
Clients’ Self-Reports as a Means to Evaluate Therapeutic Effects
Discussion and Conclusion
Therapeutic Functions of Humor in Group Psychotherapy with War Veterans
Psychological, Clinical and Therapeutic Implications of Humor
The Study of the Therapeutic Role of Humor in Group Psychotherapy with War Veterans
Humor as an Expression of Resistance to Therapy
Resistance or Ambivalence Related to Regression
Release of Anxiety, Sexual and Aggressive Drives through Collaborative Art-Making
Clients’ Attempts to Reduce Frustration Related to Their Presentation of Symptoms and Personal Issues through Art
Establishing Group Cohesion and Group Culture as a Foundation for Constructive Interaction
Humor as a Means to Overcome the Incongruous Perceptions of the Self and the World, and to Establish and Defend One’s Identity
Humor as a Safe Way to Release and Integrate Traumatic Memories
Examples of Humorous Responses
Lethal but Not Morbid Humor
Disparaging and Self-Disparaging Humor
Environmental and Nature-Assisted/Ecological Practices in Art Psychotherapy with War Veterans
Core Characteristics of Environmental and Nature-Assisted Art Therapy
Photography in Environmental, Nature-Assisted Art Psychotherapy
Case Example 1: Making Found Objects Special: ‘Self-Objects’ Made from Natural and Discarded Materials
Case Example 2. “An Island”: A Group Sculpture Made of Found Objects
Case Example 3: Environmental Photo-Taking Assignments: Resilience Discovered in Natural Objects
Discussion and Conclusion
Clinical Art Psychotherapy with War Veterans
( Military and Veteran Issues )
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