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KMID : 1148220130090040199
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2013 Volume.9 No. 4 p.199 ~ p.221
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A Case Study on the Effects of Art Therapy Supplemented with Unartistic Activities on Improving Verbal Self-expression of a Child with Selective Mutism
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Ki Jung-Hee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of art therapy plus un-artistic activities on the verbal self-expression of a child with selective mutism to women. The subject of this study is an eleven year old fourth grade elementary school female student with selective mutism. The art therapy programme was conducted from 9 March 2012 to 13 July 2012, once a week, for a total of 18 therapy sessions, with each session lasting 50 minutes. In addition, unartistic activities were carried out. The research instruments were House-Tree-Person(HTP) and Kinetic Family Drawing (KFD) techniques. To understand the effects of art therapy plus unartistic activities, a pre-test with post test were conducted and the results were compared. A content analysis of every session was also conducted. The results of this study are as follows. First, the art therapy led to an enhancement in the relation to women of a child with selective mutism. Second, the art therapy improved the communicational self-expression in a child with selective mutism. Therefore, I found that the art therapy supplemented with unartistic activites has an effect that improves verbal self-expression of a child with selective mutism. However, the effect is passive. Accordingly, the positive verbal self-expression in a child with selective mutism remains as an unsolved task. And, this study is a single case study, so it is limited by generalizations.
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KEYWORD
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Art Therapy, Case Study, Selective Mutism, Unartistic Activity, Verbal Self-expression
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