Kunsttherapieblog

Sonia Welski-Preisser und Jutta Noack sind zu Gast bei Radio LORA München, Kultur.

Sonia Welski-Preisser ist Mitbegründerin der APAKT München, der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Psychoanalytische Kunsttherapie.
Sie erklärt u.a. die Begriffe ‘Kunsttherapie’ und ‘Psychoanalytische Kunsttherapie’.

Jutta Noack macht die Ausbildung zur Kunsttherapeutin und gibt einen Einblick in die Ausbildungsinhalte.

Ein gelungenes Interview.
Reinhören unter: MP3-Mitschnitt des Interviews bei “LORA Kultur”.

The BBC’s Culture Show visited an art therapy session at Combat Stress to see how it is helping veterans

With the lack of military hospitals, many veterans are turning to charities for help. One is using the unlikely weapon of art to help fight the psychological wounds of war, while another organisation is actively encouraging artwork in the army.

Outside of the NHS, the charity Combat Stress is the biggest provider of support to armed forces veterans with conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety.

Art therapy is one of the treatments it uses. Drawing, sculpting and painting are helping patients manage their symptoms with great success.

“Traumatic memories take a different path from our normal memories and tend to be frozen in the body in the central nervous system,” explains Janice Lobban, who has been a trauma therapist at Combat Stress for the past 10 years.

“When a trauma happens, the person will react to get through the experience, but it leaves the trauma unprocessed. A person might then get a sensory memory like a sound, or sight, or smell, that is reminiscent of the trauma and they re-experience it happening again.”

Read this great article by Genevieve Hassan, Arts reporter on BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15676268

Im vergangenen Jahr hatte ich das Glück, einem Vortrag von Harriet Wadeson über „Current Trends in Art Therapy“ zu lauschen. Anlass ihres Besuchs in München war die Präsentation der zweiten Auflage ihres Buches „Art Psychotherapy“. Darin beschreibt sie Grundsätze und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Kunsttherapie.  

Anhand sehr lebendig beschriebener Beispiele zu Trauma (nach Vergewaltigung, Krisen, 9/11), Stimmungsschwankungen, Schizophrenie, Suchtkrankheiten, u.w.  macht Harriet Wadeson die Lebenssituation von Klienten spürbar und legt die Anwendung und Wirkung der Kunsttherapie verständlich dar. 

Wussten Sie, dass Kunsttherapeuten in USA einen Multi-Cultural-Course belegen müssen, in dem sie die Vielfältigkeit der US-Kultur verstehen lernen? Eine, wie ich finde, sehr sinnvolle Sache. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Klient und Therapeut kann sich aufgrund unterschiedlicher Hautfarbe schwierig gestalten, weil vielleicht Vorurteile vorherrschen. Damit umzugehen wird hier vermittelt.

  Reinlesen.

Harriet Wadeson über sich (Quelle Amazon): I am a pioneer art therapist who entered the field before most people had heard of it. I cut my teeth at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, where I conducted research for 13 years, and after publishing in many psychiatric journals with only a B.A. degree, got 2 masters degrees and a Ph.D. I directed an art therapy graduate program at the University of Illinois for 23 years and ran its Annual Art Therapy Summer Institute for 20 years. Currently I am heading an art therapy post-graduate program at Northwestern University. I have published 7 books in the field, numerous chapters in art therapy and psychology texts, and approximately 70 papers in professional journals. Awards have included a first prize for research from the American Art Therapy Assn., a Bronze Medal Award from the American Psychiatric Assn., Honorary Life Membership in the American Art Therapy Assn. (the profession’s highest honor), numerous art awards including a first prize from the Smithsonian Institute, a Distinguished Faculty Award from Northwestern University, and a Resolution of Commendation from the Illinois Legislature. I have taught in many countries throughout Europe and Asia and led professional delegations to China, Indonesia, Bali, and Sweden. Currently I am writing novels, having completed 3 except for unending rewrites, but most of my energy right now is going into a cancer memoir that includes both journal entries and artwork.

Art therapy combines art and psychology to help adults and children cope with mental and emotional illnesses. A brief but good definition. I received an article from my good friend Rebecca, who found this article in a magazine.

Art therapist Joanna Tan says that the creative process is healing. Here, she shares the other benefits of art therapy:

1 Art helps you express feelings and thoughts that are too difficult to put into words. That’s why it works for all ages and social classes.

2 Art therapy helps you sort through your feelings so you can come to terms with tricky situations. It also gives you a sense of accomplishment, enjoyment and personal expression. Its other benefits include:
- reduces anxiety and stress,
-  improves self-esteem and confidence,
- helps cope with grief and loss,
- develops better interpersonal skills,
- helps one overcome anger and depression.