Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival

A Psychosocial Case Study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5933960
AutoresJill Bennett (0000-0003-2164-0245, UNSW Sydney), Gail Kenning (0000-0002-3379-9088, UNSW Sydney, autor correspondente), 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)
Ano2023
Volume12
Fascículo4
Páginas249
Data de publicação2023-04-19
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci12040249
OpenAlexW4366584759
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências 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