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KMID : 1148220180140020121
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2018 Volume.14 No. 2 p.121 ~ p.144
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A Study on the Experiences of Mothers with Children with Disabilities with Regard to Art Therapists
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Lee Hyo-Jin
Choi Sun-Nam
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Abstract
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This study set out to examine how mothers with children with disabilities would experience their children's art therapists and understand the nature of their experiences. For these purposes, the study selected total eight mothers that were raising a child with disabilities and had their children receive art therapy for six months or longer. Six and two of them lived in P and S cities, respectively. Each of them participated in a profound one-on-one interview that lasted 30 to 40 minutes. Narrative inquiry was employed to depict their experiences with art therapists as they were. The findings show that there were 16 subtopics and four essential topics in their experiences with art therapists. The essential topics include "holding onto an art therapist," "being more dependent on visible art therapy," "mothers with children with disabilities as semi-experts," and "parents always putting their kids first." They had various needs for art therapists and caring experiences for their families and environments as well as their children with disabilities in the process of art therapy. They had good knowledge about art therapy methods and felt a burden with art therapists showing them their children's works in each session. They also had an experience of art therapists especially respecting children with disabilities first. Based on the findings, the study proposed that art therapists should provide parents with children with disabilities with a hugging environment, work on consistent self-development, and be vigilant about their overinterpretation of meanings in drawings.
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KEYWORD
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Narrative Inquiry, Mother with a Child with Disabilities, Art Therapist
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