A Bird with No Name Was Born, Then Gone: A Child’s Processing of Early Adoption through Art Therapy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Adoption as a Traumatic Event
1.2. Adoption as a Psycho-Socio-Developmental Challenge
1.3. Art Therapy with Children Who Have Been Adopted
1.4. Something to Hold on to: The Importance of Metaphors and Transitional Objects
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Case Study as a Methodology
2.2. Case Background
3. Case Illustration (Results)
3.1. Into the Pain: Forming Attachments despite Failures
3.2. From Deep Inside: Making Messes, Tolerating and Exploring Their Meaning
3.3. Art as Nurturing
3.4. Emerging: Supporting Connection and Validation with Parents
3.5. Individuating/Separating: Creative Experiments with Separating While Staying Connected
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Metzl, E.S. A Bird with No Name Was Born, Then Gone: A Child’s Processing of Early Adoption through Art Therapy. Children 2023, 10, 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040751
Metzl ES. A Bird with No Name Was Born, Then Gone: A Child’s Processing of Early Adoption through Art Therapy. Children. 2023; 10(4):751. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040751
Chicago/Turabian StyleMetzl, Einat S. 2023. "A Bird with No Name Was Born, Then Gone: A Child’s Processing of Early Adoption through Art Therapy" Children 10, no. 4: 751. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040751