Interest, Enablement, Joy, and Meaning: Listening for What’s Life Enhancing About Sharing Our Stories Through Art

This article presents some of the key findings of the author's doctoral art-based research _Seeing Her Stories: An Art-Based Inquiry_ (van Laar, 2020b), in which she worked with a group of women participants to investigate what can happen when we share our stories through art. In particular, sh...

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Main Author: Carla van Laar
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Language:English
Published: Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia 2023-06-01
Series:Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.59158/001c.77540
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