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Art Therapy Open Studio and Teen Identity Development: Helping Adolescents Recover from Mental Health Conditions
Adolescent identity development is driven to a significant degree by peer interaction. However, when mental health conditions (MHC) or other crises separate teens from their peers, their identity development can be slowed or arrested. We developed a unique open studio intervention (OS-ID) that could...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9318369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35884014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9071029 |
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description | Adolescent identity development is driven to a significant degree by peer interaction. However, when mental health conditions (MHC) or other crises separate teens from their peers, their identity development can be slowed or arrested. We developed a unique open studio intervention (OS-ID) that could facilitate identity development in teens recovering from MHC, and incorporated this intervention into a therapeutic day school catering to our target population. We utilized qualitative case study research to explore these students’ experiences. Over the 10-month period of our intervention, we saw positive changes in the participants’ identity development. Key elements in OS-ID include the therapists’ commitment to supported autonomy; the absence of participatory demands; the emphasis on creative process over product; the use of setting and materials to promote the healing process; the facilitators’ and participants’ witnessing the process; the privatization and protection of the participants’ creations; and the ubiquitous presence of non-threatening significant others. This OS-ID modality could be an effective mechanism for assisting socially isolated teens to manage their social anxiety, develop their identity, and transition back into their peer environments. |
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spelling | pubmed-93183692022-07-27 Art Therapy Open Studio and Teen Identity Development: Helping Adolescents Recover from Mental Health Conditions Kelemen, Linda J. Shamri-Zeevi, Liat Children (Basel) Case Report Adolescent identity development is driven to a significant degree by peer interaction. However, when mental health conditions (MHC) or other crises separate teens from their peers, their identity development can be slowed or arrested. We developed a unique open studio intervention (OS-ID) that could facilitate identity development in teens recovering from MHC, and incorporated this intervention into a therapeutic day school catering to our target population. We utilized qualitative case study research to explore these students’ experiences. Over the 10-month period of our intervention, we saw positive changes in the participants’ identity development. Key elements in OS-ID include the therapists’ commitment to supported autonomy; the absence of participatory demands; the emphasis on creative process over product; the use of setting and materials to promote the healing process; the facilitators’ and participants’ witnessing the process; the privatization and protection of the participants’ creations; and the ubiquitous presence of non-threatening significant others. This OS-ID modality could be an effective mechanism for assisting socially isolated teens to manage their social anxiety, develop their identity, and transition back into their peer environments. MDPI 2022-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9318369/ /pubmed/35884014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9071029 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kelemen, Linda J. Shamri-Zeevi, Liat Art Therapy Open Studio and Teen Identity Development: Helping Adolescents Recover from Mental Health Conditions |
title | Art Therapy Open Studio and Teen Identity Development: Helping Adolescents Recover from Mental Health Conditions |
title_full | Art Therapy Open Studio and Teen Identity Development: Helping Adolescents Recover from Mental Health Conditions |
title_fullStr | Art Therapy Open Studio and Teen Identity Development: Helping Adolescents Recover from Mental Health Conditions |
title_full_unstemmed | Art Therapy Open Studio and Teen Identity Development: Helping Adolescents Recover from Mental Health Conditions |
title_short | Art Therapy Open Studio and Teen Identity Development: Helping Adolescents Recover from Mental Health Conditions |
title_sort | art therapy open studio and teen identity development: helping adolescents recover from mental health conditions |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9318369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35884014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9071029 |
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