Towards ethical 'arts of existence' : through art therapy and narrative therapy

Western Sydney University thesis: Doctoral thesis

Abstract

This thesis enacts a response, rather than provides an answer, to questions of 'what we are' and 'what we might become', in the context of a poststructural enquiry into (my) practices of art psychotherapy and narrative therapy. My project is inspired by therapeutic meetings with many people over many years, and by the intellectual work of Michael Foucault, Judith Butler and other poststructural theorists, particularly those working at the intersections of poststructuralism with feminist and postcolonial theory.
Date of Award2006
Original languageEnglish

Keywords

  • art therapy
  • narrative therapy
  • poststructuralism
  • arts
  • therapeutic use

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