Abstract:
This Thesis was evoked by a strong affinity to my cultural heritage that dates back 7,000 years to the Neolithic period and an era of an emergent humanity. It explores the relationship between the evolution of art, cognition and the role of the arts in defining primitive societies. The research includes a phenomenological inquiry of the body as ground for knowledge and for the integration of experience. A deeper investigation into the sacredness of decentering and the theories of crystallisation, polyaesthetics and intermodal transfer lead to a further exploration into whether the Expressive Arts can be a means to restore wholeness of the Self-in-relation, which is a process of the self-organisation of the field as a whole; a natural shift. The approach is both theoretical and artistic. The method is heuristic and also includes an extensive review of literature together with ‘snapshots’ and poetic expressions by my endearing and very young clients.

Abstract:
Psychische Erkrankungen sind in unserer Gesellschaft immer noch ein Tabu-Thema, über das die Betroffenen nicht gerne sprechen. Entsprechend schwierig ist es für die Angehörigen, vor allem die Kinder eines psychisch kranken Elternteils, damit umzugehen. Erst seit kurzem wird auch in der Öffentlichkeit erkannt, dass diese Kinder Unterstützung brauchen. Die Autorin beschreibt in ihrer Arbeit ein innovatives Kinderangebot in Basel, das Kindern und Jugendlichen mit einem psychisch kranken Elternteil Raum gibt und sie kunst- und ressourcenorientiert begleitet. Sie selbst arbeitet dort mit und beschreibt ihre Arbeit, die sie anhand von Theorie, Beispielen und Verlaufsprotokollen der Begleitung zweier Kinder verdeutlicht. Ausserdem untersucht sie mit Hilfe von Interviews die Wirkung der Arbeit. Dank Vernetzung ist das Kinderangebot jetzt auch bei psychiatrischen, sozialen und pädagogischen Institutionen bekannt. Trägt diese Entwicklung zu einem „Social Change“ bei? Auch dieses Thema wird am Rande in der Thesis gestreift.

People who are mentally ill are still stigmatized in our society. According to that fact the affected people do not speak about their illness in their environment. So it is very difficult for their families and especially for their children to handle with it. Slowly it comes to the public that these children need to be supported. The author describes an innovative project in Basel for children and youth with parents who are mentally ill. In this project they give the children and youth “space” where they accompany them by expressive arts. She describes her work by theory, examples and case studies of two children. In addition she investigates the effect of her work by interviews with some children.
Meanwhile this project is well-known in psychiatric, social and educational institutions and the cooperation works. The author will shortly point out how this network contributes to a social change.

Abstract:
Search on the meeting, mainly in expression workshop directed on the body modality.
Before entering into the analysis, I first propose you to “visit” the system of framing old aged persons, the institution then the workshop in which take place my two practical situations. In a phenomenologic form, this study attempts to classify and recognize the features and the conditions of a real meeting.
Around the body and its tools, around space and the body, the accompaniment of the animator plays actively in the emergence of a third, single and “alive “form between him and the participant. In this “in between”, the expression arises.
Coming back on my course of meeting and its questionings, on my training course and my understanding through the body. Lastly, since the “in-between” speaks about meeting, it also discuss separation.

Abstract:
“How can Expressive Arts coaching, consulting, and education be used to strengthen the work of eco-psychology in building communities more closely linked to the natural world?”

This thesis looks at declining mental health and its link to the declining health of the planet in the context of contemporary life. It takes three influences: eco-psychology; community; and expressive arts therapy, and seeks to integrate them into a new methodology that uses nature, art and the community context to address these critical issues of our time. The thesis documents work that moves from the individual, to groups, and to community, and concludes with a series of experimental workshops run as part of The Transition Town initiative in Kilkenny, Ireland. Insights and routes to future development are discussed at its conclusion.

Abstract:
In der Reflexion ihrer beraterischen Tätigkeit nimmt die Autorin methodische Unschärfen bezüglich kunst- und ressourcenorientierter Beratung wahr, die sich in der Abgrenzung zur psychodramatischen Arbeit besonders deutlich zeigen.
Im Rahmen der vorliegenden Masterthesis setzt sich die Autorin fundiert mit dem kunst- und ressourcenorientierten Ansatz auseinander, um ihn als eigenständigen Beratungsansatz präzise erfassen und verorten zu können.
Nach einer Beschreibung ihres Verständnisses von Beratung, Supervision und Coaching werden drei Beraterinnen porträtiert. In einem nächsten Schritt leistet die Autorin eine Zusammenfassung der kunst- und ressourcenorientierten Arbeit und des Psychodramas, um Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede herauszuarbeiten und Folgerungen für die beraterische Tätigkeit zu formulieren.
Die theoretischen Ausführungen in dieser Arbeit werden durch Kunstpausen unterbrochen. Die Kunstpausen geben Einblick in den (Schreib-)Prozess und bieten Raum für die Auseinandersetzung, ob sich kunst- und ressourcenorientierte Beraterinnen auch als Künstlerinnen verstehen müssten.


Reflecting on her consultative activities, the author perceives methodological lack of clarity in her art and resource-oriented consulting, which is particularly apparent in their distinction from psycho-dramatic work.
Within the scope of her thesis, the author discusses the art and resource-oriented approach in a substantiated manner and defines precisely and establishes it as an autonomous consultative approach.
Following a description of her understanding of consulting, supervision and coaching, the author portrays three consultants. In these portraits, the methodological uncertainties also become visible. In the next step, Stimmer’s criteria matrix is introduced. Making use of this framework, the author gives a summary of both psychodrama and the art and resource-oriented work to subsequently identify common features and distinctions, and draw conclusions for consultative work.
The theoretical explanations in this thesis are broken up by dramatic pauses. The dramatic pauses offer an insight into the (creative) process and provide room for the discussion on the necessity for art and resource-oriented consultants to perceive themselves as artists.