I need to just thread all the things I read for school that I like. I love sharing the little snippets with y'all so you don't necessarily have to read through all the material yourself to hear them.
Though I don't know that anyone else actually appreciates them as much as me.
Though I don't know that anyone else actually appreciates them as much as me.
Every once in a while I'll do these threads where I just, ya know, summarize a 200 page dissertation I just read.
Anyway this is from Art Therapy and Social Action by Frances Kaplan (2007):
"From a transpersonal and interdependent
view of the Self, however, doing clinical work that is cognizant of the societal implications is social action, and being politically active is doing therapy; these activities are understood to be interrelated processes."
view of the Self, however, doing clinical work that is cognizant of the societal implications is social action, and being politically active is doing therapy; these activities are understood to be interrelated processes."
Mmm that's some good words.
I'll attempt to summarize the quote with plainer / less academic language below...
Essentially:
Essentially:
When we recognize the ways humans are connected & depend on each other, the difference between work as a therapist and work as an activist is less obvious. Therapy done with awareness of social justice is also activism. Activism that reduces social oppression is also therapeutic.
CW: ableism, r slur
Oooohhh no. The second resource I opened to read this afternoon was so much worse.
It's about art therapy with disabled people and literally the first line is:
"Art therapy cannot give a [r-slur] person comprehension"
🙃
Ok then.
Oooohhh no. The second resource I opened to read this afternoon was so much worse.
It's about art therapy with disabled people and literally the first line is:
"Art therapy cannot give a [r-slur] person comprehension"
🙃
Ok then.
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