Date of Award

Spring 5-2016

Document Type

Master's Project

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

EVMS School of Health Professions

Program/Concentration

Art Therapy and Counseling

Committee Director

Mary Roberts

Abstract

Through a meticulous search within art therapy and other mental health professions, attention has been brought to the significant lack of literature on the topic of adolescents living with a parent who suffers from a mental illness. Literature that does breech this topic seems to focus primarily on the adult child, rather than the adolescent. Furthermore, although art therapy touches on its efficacy in developing coping skills in adolescents, it lacks in research and resources regarding this particular demographic. An art-based workbook was created following a modified version of the 12 Step program for teens and informed by art therapy practice and the Expressive Therapies Continuum. This specific framework was chosen to give the user tangible, developmentally age appropriate, goals to work towards while learning the coping skills that s/he needs through artistic and written directives. The art-based workbook design is to be used in many different settings and allows the user to move at his/her own pace. This workbook is the first of its kind in the art therapy field and other mental health professions. Finally, implications for the use of the workbook, future research, and the impact on developing art therapist professional identity were discussed.

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