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ABSTRACT
The current study aims to explore, through the eyes of adult former clients, the experience of being in expressive arts group therapy (EAGT) as a child. By focusing on the memories of adults, the study allowed the exploration of former clients’ understanding of what the therapy was about and its effects on their lives. Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with 20 adult former clients who, as children, had participated for at least one year in EAGT. Findings point toward the background of the empathic, attuned, safety, together with the fostering of the capacity to enter into spontaneous creative states, as central themes in participant’ recollections of the therapeutic process. Further findings relate to the implicit and long-term quality of the therapeutic effect.
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Shira Diamond
Shira Diamond is a graduate of the master’s degree program at the School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel.
Rachel Lev-Wiesel
Rachel Lev-Wiesel is Professor and Chair of the Emili Sagol Creative Arts Therapies Research Center and Founder and Former Chair of the Graduate School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel.