Altered Book Making as a Form of Art Therapy: A Narrative Approach

How digital storytelling is used in mental health: A scoping review

“…Within the literature, a range of creative art forms such as photography, visual art, writing, music, drama, and film have been deemed useful in capturing the lived experience of people who use mental health services (Cobb & Negash ; Ricks et al . ).…”

“…Within the literature, a range of creative art forms such as photography, visual art, writing, music, drama, and film have been deemed useful in capturing the lived experience of people who use mental health services (Cobb & Negash 2010;Ricks et al 2014). In a study conducted in the USA, researchers used the Photovoice methodology to elicit emotionally laden stories from people with lived experience of long term mental illness to use in healthcare education (Thompson et al 2008).…”

“…Digital storytelling is a creative arts process that is used to capture personal stories, using images and sound in a three to five minute digital clip (Lambert ). While the creative arts have been used in mental health to capture the lived experience of mental health consumers and carers (Cobb & Negash ; Ricks et al . ), less is known about newer forms of creative arts such as digital storytelling.…”

My Story: The Use of Narrative Therapy in Individual and Group Counseling

“…Moreover, narrative therapy focuses on the ideology that problems in people's lives are derived from social, cultural, and political contexts (Payne, 2006). The origins from which stories manifest are the result of influences from a person's family of origin, peers, other interpersonal relationships, and sociocultural directives (Cobb & Negash, 2010). White and Epston (1990) asserted that narrative therapy works to separate the problem from clients; and after this is accomplished, clients can work on their relationship with the problem.…”

“…By externalizing the presenting concern in this manner, clients can use their resources to change their relationship with the problem. In narrative therapy, clients' existing problems are related to their personal narrative, and changing a client's personal narrative will also change the problem (Cobb & Negash, 2010). White and Epston (1990) theorized that people seek therapy when:…”