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A snapshot of loss : a case study of one bereaved nine-year old boy's view of the world through his art and photographs

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A snapshot of loss : a case study of one bereaved nine-year old boy's view of the world through his art and photographs

Waldman, Sarah M (2005) A snapshot of loss : a case study of one bereaved nine-year old boy's view of the world through his art and photographs. [Graduate Projects (Non-thesis)] (Unpublished)

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A child who has experienced the death of a parent may be traumatized by the loss. The nature of the child's reaction depends on a combination of several factors, including the circumstances surrounding the death, the nature of the child's relationship to the deceased parent and the existence of remaining, supportive, family members. The creative arts therapies have been successfully employed as a means of therapeutic intervention with bereaved children. One medium in the field of the creative arts therapies is the use of photography, or phototherapy. This research paper explores the use of photography, in conjunction with other forms of creative arts therapies with a parentally bereaved child. A combination of clinical examples and the writer's personal experiences and observations are employed to develop the notion that the camera (and photographs in general) can be used as a research tool, a therapeutic medium and as a metaphoric parallel in relation to working therapeutically with traumatically bereaved children.

Divisions:Concordia University > Faculty of Fine Arts > Creative Arts Therapies
Item Type:Graduate Projects (Non-thesis)
Authors:Waldman, Sarah M
Series Name:Research Paper
Pagination:vii, 66 leaves : ill., form ; 29 cm.
Institution:Concordia University
Degree Name:M.A.
Program:Creative Arts Therapies
Date:2005
Thesis Supervisor(s):Lister, Suzanne
Identification Number:RC 489 A7C6+ 2005 no.18
ID Code:8862
Deposited By: Concordia University Library
Deposited On:18 Aug 2011 18:37
Last Modified:28 Oct 2022 17:14
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