Collage Art Therapy and Grief: How Art Therapy Can Improve Grief Symptoms and the Quality of Life for Adults in Bereavement

<p>The intent of this thesis grant proposal is to secure funding for an eight week art psychotherapy bereavement program for adults who recently experienced loss of a significant other. The proposed art therapy support group will serve as an adjunct to an existing hospice bereavement program located at Memorial Hospice in Santa Rosa, California. The participants’ grief issues will be addressed using the following modalities: therapeutic, creative process of art psychotherapy, basic theories of existentialist therapy, grief and bereavement education and normalization, and group therapeutic interactions. The program will be evaluated for reduction in negative grief symptoms, an increase in positive coping skills, and an improvement in quality of life.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art Therapy

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Prieto, Lynne M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Amy Backos, PhD, ATR-BC
• Arnell Etherington-Reader, PhD, ART-BC, MFT

• Art Therapy
• Collages
• Grieving Adults
• Grief
• Counseling Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.dominican.edu/art-therapy-print-theses/271

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.dominican.edu:art-therapy-print-theses-1270