![]() ![]() Just before the moment of her son’s death, the nurse “pushed” her out into the hallway, where Elizabeth waited, standing alone as her son died. While there are many ways to draw the self, for therapeutic purposes, my favorite is one that was used by Elizabeth Layton, blind contour self-portraits.Įlizabeth Layton first began drawing at age 68, while depressed over the death of her alcoholic son. Self-portraiture, no matter the technique used, can facilitate the: identification of self and affect (functional or not), establishment and strengthening of a recovery identity, foreshadowing of a deeper level of recovery and/or potential for relapse or violence (toward self or others), grieving, processing of addiction, trauma, physical illness, and chronic pain, processes for self-soothing, affirmations, and self-love, and a place to anchor positive visualizations for the future. I hav found that self-portraiture is one of the greatest tools in my repertoire of psychotherapeutic techniques. Now, with over three decades of facilitating art, at various times for graduate students, psychotherapists, medical doctors, and clients,…. ![]() ![]() This is especially true in an age when appearance is deemed to be so important.īut Aristotle said, “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” To a person looking from outside in, self-portraiture in therapy could appear to reinforce egotism and narcissism. ![]()
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