Enhancement of Body-Image: A Structured Art Therapy Group with Adolescents

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This paper presents a structured, short-term art therapy group designed to enhance the self and body image of adolescents with emotional disturbances. The concept of self and body image is reviewed with a focus on the developmental phase of adolescence. The focused exercises utilized in the group is described with explanations and descriptions of purpose. The influence of the group on the development of the self concept is explored in general, and the specific therapeutic use of the group in this context is emphasized. This art therapy group has been developed and used at the Summit Institute, a psychiatric residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed adolescents and young adults in Jerusalem, Israel, and has been found effective in providing group members with an experience whereby they can begin to perceptually, emotionally and cognitively work through conflictual issues related to their self and body image.

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