Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: This case study illustrates how parents can help their children cope with the fear and pain of surgery by engaging them in expressive drawing. As part of a parenting class that utilized art therapy techniques, a father shared his 6-year-old son's spontaneous drawings that had been created directly before and after surgery. Through guidance by the author and in dialogue with others in the class, the father reflected on his son's experiences expressed in drawing and received support from other parents within an empathetic learning space.
Source: Art Therapy
Author: Joachim Broecher
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2111250489