Art-therapy and fibromyalgia: lenguajes of the body

Abstract

The text aim to provide a part of a research study, conducted through the University of Science Education and Fine Arts of Granada, on an intervention in art therapy through a case study, of a woman affected by fibromyalgia. First I will present a brief summary of the meaning of fibromyalgia. Secondly, I will set the frame of art therapy workshops. And thirdly, an analysis will illustrate the process of the art therapist intervention of the case study. The analytical commentary on the creative process of the participant includes references contrasted with the recent literature on creative psychotherapy applied to people who have suffered chronic ailments through the body.