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In the process of communicating our ideas through writing, we are more than one person. Another person appears who helps us build the dialogue. He may challenges our long-held views, appreciate some of them, improve on others and contradicts or rejects yet some others completely. Penn and other therapists might use writing with their clients as a way of weaving in a new story and the same can be done by any person engaging in writing.
Writing doesn't have to be about us. It can be about anyone or anything but in the process our own thoughts, our biases and our stand on issues will also appear. And while they surface, they are also debated by another voice that would always be there during the writing process. This is a very interesting aspect of writing and everyone who has engaged in creative or even non-fictional writing is aware of this. Writing thus aids in any therapeutic process. Even those who do not need therapy per se would still benefit from writing or simply putting...
Expressive Arts InterventionThe ideal client for expressive arts is an adolescent male between 14 and 18. The intervention will be conducted individually to boost the client�s confidence when interacting with the therapist. The expressive arts intervention to use is writing therapy, which involves writing emotions and thoughts in a journal (Lindsey et al., 2018). The area of focus is trauma because there are underlying traumatic incidences that adolescents might have
Therapy The written record of one's own thoughts, feelings and perceptions, especially of traumatic experiences, can help restore emotional or physical health in that the mind and the body are inseparable in the healing process (Slomski 2001). The person is able to retrieve, externalize and process his or her own trauma by writing about it and psychiatrists and psychologists found that writing or journal therapy plays a significant part in
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The benefits of including family in therapy sessions extend far beyond addressing the parents' concerns in this situation, however, and can help to identify underlying problems that led to Rosa's drug abuse and potentially provide more highly effective long-term solutions to these issues. Adolescent females were the subject of one study that specifically examined the efficacy of family systems therapy interventions in cases of anorexia nervosa, and the efficacy of
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