Revisioning self-identity: The role of portraits, neuroscience and the art therapist's ‘third hand’

摘要: AbstractPeople who suffer from life threatening and chronic illnesses often describe the impact of their diagnosis, treatment illness as having disrupted sense self-identity. This article describes an intervention that reverses traditional ‘terms engagement’ within art therapy, using therapist's ‘third hand’ to create portraits for patients, co-designed by them. enables patients are too unwell make themselves engage in creative design process patient-researchers (PRs) valued experts on lived experience. Introducing two painted a PR requested be known ‘Paul’, I will explore hypothesis powerful communicators with qualities activate specific processes body brain, enabling change chaotic, self-identity towards stronger, more coherent one. Using knowledge recent advances neuroscience, develop theoretical insights into ...