Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival

A Psychosocial Case Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5933960
AutoresJill Bennett (0000-0003-2164-0245, UNSW Sydney), Gail Kenning (0000-0002-3379-9088, UNSW Sydney, autor de correspondencia), Lydia Gitau, Lydia Wanja Gitau (0000-0003-3473-9367, UNSW Sydney), Rebecca Moran (0000-0003-4517-9684, UNSW Sydney), Marianne Wobcke (0009-0003-8366-7176, UNSW Sydney)
Año2023
Volumen12
Número4
Páginas249
Fecha de publicación2023-04-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci12040249
OpenAlexW4366584759
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas15

Through a psychosocial lens, informed by relational psychoanalysis, this article discusses the design, delivery, and impact of The Big Anxiety's 2022 festival in Warwick, Queensland-an arts-based program that engages with lived experiences of trauma, distress, and suicide, and in this case with the devastating impact of youth suicide, disproportionately affecting First Nations communities. It describes the festival's methods of creative engagement, examining how these create conditions for the transformation of trauma and for experiences of growth

Anxiety · Art · Distress · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · The arts · Visual arts · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications