Mood States/ Mind States by Dr. Janie Rhyne: Applied Methods
ETC Level: Affective - Kinesthetic
MDV Level: Resistive - Structured - Complex
Materials
15 half sheets of papermarkers
Procedures
1. The client is given 2 minutes to depict each of the following with line, shape, and color: Fearful, depressed, excited, passive, aggressive, serene, anxious, hoping, threatened, hostile, curious, guilty, innocent, going crazy, and being sane. Put the name of the feeling on back. 2. Once finished, compare and contrast the depictions of the different emotions.
Rationale
This intervention brings emotions to the surface and may increase client's awareness of similarities underlying several emotions. The exercise may create movement for client and help person to get "unstuck."Therapist may also gain a greater understanding of the way client perceives and processes different emotions.
Adaptations
1. Create a torn tissue paper collage instead of using markers. 2. After completing steps 1 and 2, ask client to identify which emotion was the most difficult to depict. Which one was the easiest? 3. After completing steps 1 and 2, ask client if they could choose one emotion to go back to, which one would they choose. Allow the client 2 more minutes to complete depiction. What made client want to finish depiction? Is it finished now?
1 comment:
I am an adjunct professor of art therapy and would like permission to share this with my class along with your blog as reference. The students are currently learning about Rhyne's approaches in Gestalt and CBT Art Therapy. They have also been introduced to the ETC, and will delve into that more next quarter. Thanks! Michele Rattigan, MA, ATR-BC,NCC, LPC
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