Exploring the Impacts of an Art and Narrative Therapy Program on Participants’ Grief and Bereavement Experiences

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629904
AutoresKaren Nelson (0000-0003-2146-1765, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, autor de correspondencia), Jessica Lukawiecki (0000-0003-4078-3364, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada), Kieran Waitschies (Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada), Elizabeth Jackson (0000-0002-5084-7010, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada), Chloe Zivot (Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada)
Año2022
Volumen90
Número2
Páginas726-745
Fecha de publicación2022-06-29
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00302228221111726
PMID35768193
OpenAlexW4283722378
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas16

Grief and bereavement impact nearly every individual at some point of their lives, often having short or long-term physical and psychosocial impacts. Yet, these issues are rarely the focus of discussion, intensive therapy programs, or policy initiatives (Corr, 2002; Doka, 2002). This research explores the impacts of a closed group art and narrative therapy program in Ontario for individuals experiencing a grief or bereavement process following the loss of a loved one. It explores the grief experiences of art therapy participants during their time in the program, the nature, extent, and impacts of social and community connections that were made, how the program influenced grief over time, and the overall effectiveness of the program. This study suggests that art and narrative therapy hold great therapeutic potential as a tool to help individuals going through a grief or bereavement process

Complicated grief · Disenfranchised grief · Grief · Narrative · Narrative review · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Child Therapy and Development · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology