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KMID : 1148220200160010077
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Journal of Arts Psychotherapy
2020 Volume.16 No. 1 p.77 ~ p.110
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Qualitative Case Study of Grief Art Therapy for Female Cancer Patient with Physical Loss
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Ahn Mi-Na
Park So-Jung
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Abstract
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The purpose of this qualitative case study is to investigate the experiences and implications of the art therapy for grief, for a female cancer patient who had experienced physical loss. A 43-years-old married woman participated for the study, who was still under the anticancer therapy after receiving a total abdominal hysterectomy and a partial mastectomy after being diagnosed with stage 0 cervical cancer and stage 2 breast cancer. A semi-structured grief art therapy program was conducted based on Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief, and the four basic tasks of grief by Worden. Repeated comparative analysis method was applied to the collected data, which results identified 6 themes and 15 sub-themes, including , , , , , and . This study showed that art therapy provided a meaningful experience for the participant who experienced physical loss due to the breast and cervical cancer, by visually exploring, accepting, and re-establishing various levels of sense of loss, and confirmed the therapeutic significance that transformed the perception of femininity and re-established the ego.
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KEYWORD
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Female Cancer Patient, Physical Loss, Art Therapy, Grief Art Therapy, Art Therapy for Cancer Patient
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