Visual arts in counselling adults with depressive disorders
This study provides a better understanding of using visual arts in counselling adults with depressive disorders. Three in-depthcase studieswere conducted in the counselling unit of amentalhealth hospital inMalaysia. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were applied to explore three...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11393/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11393/1/visual%20arts%20in%20counselling%20adults%20with%20depressive%20disorders%20%28abstract%29.pdf |
| Summary: | This study provides a better understanding of using visual arts in counselling
adults with depressive disorders. Three in-depthcase studieswere conducted
in the counselling unit of amentalhealth hospital inMalaysia. Both qualitative
and quantitative research methods were applied to explore three adult
participants’ counselling experiences. They attended six individual
counselling sessions, which included four art-making activities, and two
after-session interviews, for approximately two months. Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyse the qualitative data. The
findings showed that through the therapeutic use of visual arts, the
participants were able to explore and express various emotions, face their
problems, communicate better with themselves and the counsellor,
achieve a deeper self-understanding, and make meaningful progress in
counselling, even though some of them experienced a sense of uncertainty
at the beginning of some art-making activities. |
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