Somatic Art Therapy: Alleviating Pain and Trauma through Art

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This book focuses on somatic art therapy for treating acute or chronic pain, especially resulting from physical and/or psychological trauma. It discusses the role of the psyche in physical healing and encourages combining of traditional medicine and holistic perspectives in treatment. Translated from the French text, this volume provides case studies and examples from the author’s art psychotherapy practice of 40 years, including the four-quadrants method. Chapters review the current treatments for chronic pain and PTSD and focus on art therapeutic methods to treat those conditions, such as art therapy protocols for PTSD. The book exposes the underlying rational of somatic art therapy, covering art therapy effectiveness, Levine’s somatic dissociation, van der Kolk’s somatic memory, and Scaer’s procedural memory concepts. Also featured are chapter contributions from art therapists Sophie Boudrias, Mylène Piché, and Dr. Patcharin Sughondhabirom. By providing a unique, clear and concise synthesis of available art therapy methods this text will appeal both to the general and professional public, including professional art therapists, psychotherapists, helping relation professionals, and medical practitioners. Cover Half Title Endorsements Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of figures Foreword Acknowledgements List of abbreviations List of contributors Introduction PART I: Definitions 1. Somatic Art Therapy A brief history of humanist art therapy Definition of somatic art therapy The limits of somatic art therapy 2. Chronic Pain Acute pain, chronic pain and suffering, a distinction Currently known treatments for chronic pain 3. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Definition of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) PART II: An Overview of Art Therapy Treatments: An Overview 4. Art Therapy for PTSD and Chronic Pain: An Overview Art therapy treatments for chronic pain: Examples Art therapy and PTSD Art therapy protocols for PTSD treatments 5. Trauma Treatment: Eight Techniques for Art Therapists Abreaction techniques Motor reaction de-freezing techniques Intense emotional expression techniques Affect restoration techniques Stress reduction and relaxation techniques Safe haven techniques Identity reconstruction techniques Personal integrity restoration techniques PART III: Theoretical Concepts 6. Hypotheses About Art Therapy Effectiveness The power of images to facilitate abreaction Right brain stimulation Isomorphism Objectification Containment Security 7. Dissociative Processes in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Levine’s somatic dissociation: The SIBAM model Van der Kolk’s somatic memory Scaer’s procedural memory 8. Neuroscience and Somatic Art Therapy: Emotional Memory Reconsolidation Emotional memory Memory consolidation and reconsolidation Emotional avoidance The prerequisites in psychotherapy Identifying the symptom Identifying a symptom: case example Identifying the schema Symptom amplification: case example Symptom deprivation: case example Identifying or creating a counter-experience Counter-experience: case example Facilitating the emotional memory reconsolidation process 9. Somatic Heart Coherence and the Quantum Model Connection with our source design The heart as an intuitive brain Experiential method: somatic heart coherence. Restoring the connection with the overlooked brain Case study: The reunification The quantum power of self-love Understanding intuitive intelligence Conclusion PART IV: Somatic Art Therapy Applications 10. Somatic Art Therapy Intervention Methods for Chronic Pain The four-quadrants method Hands-on healing Small silhouette drawing Life-size silhouette Art process therapy 11. ‘Four-quadrants’ Method Case Studies Case study A Case study B Case study C Case study D Case study E 12. Somatic Art Therapy and Chronic Pain: Case Studies Case study A: Back pain following a motor vehicle accident − access to procedural memory Case study B: A brief example of whiplash symptoms Case story C: Acquired dyspareunia, a process art psychotherapy treatment 13. A Healing Metaphor First day of the workshop: The life-size silhouette Second day of the workshop: The ‘four-quadrants’ method Third day of the workshop: A giant scribble Fourth day of the workshop: Exploring a burning sensation Fifth day of the workshop: A healing metaphor Conclusion: The Importance of Developing Somatic Art Therapy Research Appendices Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Bibliography Author’s index Subject index