Phototherapy as visual narrative applied to domestic violence

  • David López-Ruiz Universidad de Murcia (España)
  • María Dolores López-Martínez Universidad de Murcia (España)
Keywords: Phototherapy; art therapy; research; case study; gender violence.

Abstract

This research shows the importance of fototherapy as methodology of investigation in any particular case involving a domestic violence event.. Working actively through fotography and the different varietes offered by it, together with te follow up and the arttherapeutic frame, implies a link between the person involved and the arttherapist. This bond allows the possibility to generate a repairing dialogue through the images emerged in the different working sessions. In this research, the evolutive changes in the person treated was taken in acount as well as the overcoming, through fotography, of the most vunerables aspects that this person had to face at the time the work was being developed. All in all emotional and personal issues were repaired with highly positive evolved outcomes.

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David López-Ruiz, Universidad de Murcia (España)



María Dolores López-Martínez, Universidad de Murcia (España)



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Published
2019-03-20
How to Cite
López-Ruiz D. y López-Martínez M. D. (2019). Phototherapy as visual narrative applied to domestic violence. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 25(1), 317-334. https://doi.org/10.5209/ESMP.63731
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