Effects of Existential Art Therapy Dream Work on Psychosocial Adjustment in a Breast Cancer Patient

• Main Authors: Chiang, Yen-Hui, 江姸慧
• Other Authors: Wu, Ming-Fu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17613215060014427406

碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 藝術治療碩士學位學程 === 104 === This study applied the existential art therapy dream work, which is developed by Moon (2007), on a breast cancer patient who participated throughout the sessions. We also discussed the effects of psychosocial adjustment on the participant after receiving dream work. In this study, qualitative analysis was done by collecting data from dream work text, dream work recordings and interview. The results are as followed: A. The participant had discovered hidden concerns, which were related to family, work, social and psychological distress through dream interpretation and further realized how personality traits might lead to serious stresses. Furthermore, the participant was able to determine the causes of her stresses and figure out how to solve her problems. B. In the dream work, the participant had experienced : (1) transforming the mood from uncertainty to joy because of knowing more about herself ; (2) triggering self-awareness by "amplification of the horizons"; (3) With the assist of artworks, the participant is able to think in a wider scope, arises the feeling and memories in dream, focuses more on the critical elements of the dream and expresses thoughts more effectively and clearly;(4) Revealing core issues as the dream work advances progressively;(5) Revealing the concerned issues from the dreams; (6) Encountering difficulties on making artworks, creating existential statements of concern, defining a course of action in response to the dream throughout the session. Finally, the researcher discussed the findings of this study, proposing suggestions and introspections for the future research and therapy practice.