Art Therapy

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Art Therapy Disaster Relief looking at
documents from victims of the 2004 tsunami in
Southeast Asia

• Darla Moyer-Sims
• LIS 508, Assignment 5
• 17 November, 2006

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Why I Chose This Collection

• Rich intense psychological depth
• Potentially interesting to others
• Art therapy is fascinating
• Trauma survivors deserve to have a voice and be
  heard
• An opportunity to connect with Max

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The field of Art Therapy

• According to the American Art Therapy
  Association, Art Therapy is an established mental
  health profession that uses the creative process
  of art making to improve and enhance the
  physical, mental and emotional well-being of
  individuals of all ages.

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• A. The person has been exposed to a traumatic
  event
• B. The traumatic event is persistently
  reexperienced
• C. Persistent avoidance of stimuli associated
  with the
• traumatic event and numbing of general
• responsiveness
• D. Persistent symptoms of hyperarousal not
  present
• before the traumatic event
• E. Symptoms duration of criteria B, C and D is
  more
• than 1 month
• F. Symptoms cause clinically significant distress
  or
• impairment at home, work, or in other areas
  of
• functioning

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What am I still hoping to learn?

• Further explore the field of art therapy,
  particularly with regard to the use of art
  therapy in assisting survivors of trauma and PTSD
  (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

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Resources Acknowledgements

• Resources about Art Therapy
• Resources about the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
  and tsunami
• Special thanks to Jillynn Garcia for her
  professional insights on this collection
• Most importantly, special thanks to Max Garcia
  and Micah Rubin for their desire to reach out to
  the tsunami affected children of this region and
  for providing the collection of drawings, for
  sharing their insights, experiences, photos,
  articles and journal entries