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June 24-25, 2019 | Philadelphia, USA
Mental Health 2019
Journal of Mental Health and Aging | Volume 3
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PSYCHIATRY DISORDERS, MENTAL
HEALTH ANDWELLNESS
World Summit on
OF EXCELLENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL
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ADDICTION AND RECOVERY: A HUMANIZING AND HEALING JOURNEYWITH ART
THERAPY
Janeane Grisez
Ursuline College, USA
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rt therapy has been well established and evidenced in the literature since the 1950’s. Art therapy has vari-
ous forms of application and has been successfully employed in substance abuse treatment in the follow-
ing ways: to help clients grapple with the 12 steps; to explore connections between thoughts, feelings and
behaviours as related to substance abuse incidents (Cox and Price, 1990); to recognize and express internalized
shame (Wilson, 2002); and to develop healing symbols for recovery (Matto, 2002). Understanding substance
use disorder, treatment modalities, and utilizing appropriate terminology is vital in efforts of increasing suc-
cessful recovery efforts and decreasing the stigma related to people in recovery. Innovative treatment strat-
egies are critical in helping individuals to end their destructive patterns and learn to live without substanc-
es. Solution-focused techniques in combination with art therapy methods, offer a strengths-based treatment
structure for helping individuals move into more functional behaviors, without getting stuck in the shame of
past dysfunction. Appropriate ethical practice in confidentiality, as well as the ability to determine adherence
to the appropriate ethics of Art therapists, counselors, social workers, psychotherapists and current regulations
and laws is crucial when providing services for the well-being of our clients. These concepts will be disseminat-
ed and discussed. A journey of healing will be explored through visual examples of art therapy intervention
in substance use treatment. Author will create personal healing symbols of recovery through technique of
mandala making, processing and discussion of resulting insight. Each participant will create their own personal
healing symbol mandala.
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