1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the use of art in couples and family therapy, based on a review of family art therapy literature.» (p. 37)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
Données documentaire diverses

Type de traitement des données :
Réflexion critique

3. Résumé

«Art therapists working systemically have identified many benefits to engaging families in arts tasks. The first of these is the power of art to elicit the active participation of all family members in treatment, including nonverbal and less articulate family members. […] In addition to eliciting important information of concern to the children, the use of art as a therapeutic tool provides a rare and often novel opportunity for adults and children to communicate with one another on an equal level. […] Another benefit of the use of art in family therapy is the ability of art tasks to quickly uncover covert family dynamics and make these visible to the therapist and the family so that both can clearly ’see’ patterns that may have previously been so deeply ingrained as to make them invisible.[…] Another advantage of the use of art in family therapy is the primacy of the image as a communication tool. Images are systemic – they have an inherent capacity to synthesize and express multiple aspects of a subject or theme in a way that words do not». (p. 43)