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Helping children express grief through symbolic communication.
Social Casework
|November 6, 1984
Summary
Expressive arts therapies, including music, art, and movement, help grieving children overcome communication barriers. These creative methods facilitate emotional expression and coping with trauma and stress.
Area of Science:
- Child Psychology
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Trauma Studies
Background:
- Grieving children often face communication challenges that impede emotional processing and problem-solving.
- Traumatic experiences and high stress levels can exacerbate these communication difficulties in children.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the efficacy of expressive arts therapies in mitigating communication barriers in grieving children.
- To examine how symbolic communication through arts aids children in managing overwhelming emotions and coping with stress.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing expressive arts modalities such as music, visual art, and guided body movement.
- Employing symbolic communication techniques to facilitate emotional expression in pediatric populations.
Main Results:
- The integration of expressive arts effectively reduced communication barriers in grieving children.
- Symbolic communication through arts enabled children to articulate complex feelings related to grief and trauma.
Conclusions:
- Expressive arts therapies provide a vital avenue for grieving children to communicate and process difficult emotions.
- Art, music, and movement interventions are valuable tools for supporting children's resilience and recovery from trauma and stress.