Guidelines for Applying the Principles of Six Aspects of Self-Care to Designing a Brief Structure of Art Activities from the Art Therapy Approach to Promote Self-Reflection for Social Work Practitioners
Keywords:
Six Aspects of Self-care, Self-Reflection, Art Therapy Approach, Social Work practitionersAbstract
Abstract
The purpose of this review article is to present a brief structural design of an art activity with an art therapy approach that is based on the application of the six aspects of self-care to promote self-reflection to create awareness and develop self-care to create physical and mental well-being for social work practitioners who often help clients by neglecting to look after themselves; also it is an essential factor in enhancing readiness for works.
The result is this brief structure is divided into three phases, i.e., discovery, expansion, and application. The creation of steps is integrated with the principles of self-reflection and the art therapy approach. The discovery phase lays the foundation for a self-care mindset that uses the concepts of transformation and self-reflection to create awareness of a positive attitude toward seeing oneself. The expansion phase focuses on the orientation of the six aspects of self-care related to the practitioner's well-being that may be stressful. The phase combines self-compassion and personal goal-setting to create concrete self-improvement. The application phase adapts new ideas and perspectives to real-life practice through self-efficacy.
Art therapy approaches are integrated into the brief structure because they are creative, relaxing, and promote cognitive growth. All concepts in this brief structure can be combined favorably with art therapy. In addition, this brief structure was reviewed by two academic experts and two professional psychologists using the Delphi technique, approved for publication, and found no potential adverse effects. Facilitators, therapists, or counselors can integrate their knowledge and skills in creating activities within this brief structure.
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