A Learning Quest: A Case Study of a Client's Art Therapy Experience

• Author / Creator

  Cheung, Cecilia

• This research project is borne out of an invaluable art therapy practicum experience, during which I, the student therapist, encountered a client’s acute emotionality during therapy. As a result, I expanded my academic knowledge, clinical understanding, and sense of professional identity through clinical supervision and the literature. I investigated numerous subjects, including those of trauma, neuroscience, art therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, integrative practices, and spirituality. These studies informed my treatment approach, theoretical inclinations, and professional development. This thesis presents a case study of the client’s art therapy experience through the lens of my clinical and academic learning.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Integrative Practice
  • Trauma
  • Art Therapy
  • Case Study
  • Eating Disorder
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  • Bilateral Stimulation
  • Spirituality
  • Neuroscience

• Graduation date

  Fall 2017

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Psychotherapy and Spirituality

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3DZ03H5M

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.