Arteterapia como acompañamiento para la construcción y empoderamiento de la subjetividad femenina

Abstract

Studies dedicated to female subjectivity show that women are susceptible to suffer psychosomatic disturbances and states of disease, as a result of a "standard" mode of socialization (values, beliefs, assumptions...) which prevents the construction of own desires and an inhibition of the self, giving rise to "subordinate States of subjectivity". This article will expose, on the one hand, the application of art as a therapy for the treatment of women suffering from fibromyalgia syndrome. On the other hand, it will invite the reader to reflect on the relationship between traumatic chronology in the family saga of the subject, the incorporation of dominant values on women and the psychic discomfort through creative expression. Through the illustrative material of the artistic production of a case study, it will show art from the multifunctionality that can be characterized, being some of them: the possibility of art as an accompaniment for the creation and transformation of emotional conflicts and the building and empowerment of female subjectivity. This study is part of a doctoral process with international mention, currently funded by the Consortium for researchers in the European Union, the EDEN project. The participating universities are: Granada, Madrid, London, and Israel.