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Canadian Journal of Art Therapy
Research, Practice, and Issues
Volume 36, 2023 - Issue 2
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Art Therapy in Practice

Crushed Paper Ball and Interactive Chalkboard Murals: Their Therapeutic Use for Adult Psychiatric Inpatients (Boule de papier écrasée et murales interactives au tableau noir : leur utilisation thérapeutique pour les patients adultes hospitalisés en psychiatrie)

, MA CMHC, MFAORCID Icon & , PhD, MSORCID Icon
Pages 120-132 | Published online: 06 Dec 2023
 

Abstract

In this multiple case study, we describe the development of and theoretical orientation to two innovative procedures in the Recovery Model Art Project at the University of Virginia Medical Center, the Crushed Paper Ball (CPB) and Interactive Chalkboard Murals (ICM). The theoretical frameworks that underpin the interventions are narrative counseling, bilateral art making, and Ecological Systems Theory; in using these frameworks, the therapeutic relationship is an important point of focus. We relate these to the experiences of four adult psychiatric inpatients who used these procedures as a part of treatment and highlight how they may enrich the field of art therapy practice with these patients.

RÉSUMÉ

Dans cette étude de cas multiples, nous décrivons le développement et l’orientation théorique de deux procédures innovantes dans le cadre du Projet modèle d’art pour le rétablissement (Recovery Model Art Project) du centre médical de l’Université de Virginie : la boule de papier écrasée (Crushed Paper Ball, CPB) et les peintures murales interactives au tableau noir (Interactive Chalkboard Murals, ICM). Les cadres théoriques qui sous-tendent les interventions sont ceux de la thérapie narrative, de la création artistique bilatérale et la théorie des systèmes écologiques ; dans l’utilisation de ces cadres, la relation thérapeutique est un point d’intérêt important. Nous les associons aux expériences de quatre patients adultes hospitalisés en psychiatrie qui ont utilisé ces procédures en cours de traitement et soulignons comment ils peuvent enrichir le champ de la pratique de l’art-thérapie avec ces patients.

Acknowledgments

This research article has been approved by the Office of the University Counsel at the University of Virginia. The involvement of human subjects in this study and the use of all images is for research and education and constitutes fair use and fair dealing for which no permission is necessary, authorship has been attributed as the law allows, given the need for patient confidentiality.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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