Thesis
Create, destroy, transform: a brain-based approach to trauma treatment
Master of Arts (M.A.), Drexel University
Jun 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/pv43-3m96
Abstract
This paper describes the conceptualization and enaction of a method that sought to treat adults with histories of trauma who experienced symptoms of trauma. Research supporting the creation of this method encompassed literature surrounding neurological, arts-based, narrative, metaphorical, and relational approaches to trauma treatment. This paper directly directly aligns the art therapy directive Create, Destroy, Transform to the Expressive Therapies Continuum, the 5 R's of neurodevelopmental trauma treatment, and a stage approach trauma treatment. Implementation of Create, Destroy, Transform revealed the potential of regulation of the dysregulated brain, effects of using art as metaphor in trauma treatment, and stages of treatment necessary for trauma resolution. This method seemed to successfully allow for individuals to express, lament, and reintegrate their traumatic experiences into their life stories, possibly resulting in trauma resolution and post-traumatic growth. Finally, recommendations for future research and suggestions for the application of this method in therapy were outlined.
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- Title
- Create, destroy, transform
- Creators
- Kristyn S. Stickley - DU
- Contributors
- Denise R. Wolf (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)Liz Antcliff (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- v, 103 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts Therapies; College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 9616; 991014632657404721