Through diverse art therapy programs for a child who has been under the long-term physical and emotional neglect since her birth, by dysfunctional interaction of a family disorganized owing to parent\' s divorce, this study is aimed at doing a diagnos...
Through diverse art therapy programs for a child who has been under the long-term physical and emotional neglect since her birth, by dysfunctional interaction of a family disorganized owing to parent\' s divorce, this study is aimed at doing a diagnosis for the child\' s problems, reducing an anxiety of the repressed child, and assisting self-growth by inducing a harrnonized integration of the child into a presently-belonged famihι Especially, individual art therapy was effective to a child who has a little limitations to a verbal expression, and was helpful for self expression of a child with resistance, defence, and avoiðance against a verbal counseling.
And this therapy made it accessible to the child’ s problem by letting her express inexpressible psychological trauma as a symbol. Seeing her/his own drawings and paintings collected up to now, the child could have a time to look back on her days. And also the drawings and paintings of the negative self expressed as a syrnbol gave c비ld care givers an opportunity to put into an empathy.
Communication through the drawings and paintings made it possible for the child to widen a verbal expression and to get the confidence in order to express her own thought. However, it would be necessary to have a time of continuously supporting the child by care givers\' counseling and of understanding each other through continuing follow-up.