{"id":25114,"date":"2023-06-13T14:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazarevich-art.com\/art-therapy\/tactics-of-a-specialist-in-providing-art-therapy-support-to-children-after-loss\/"},"modified":"2023-06-13T14:15:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:15:24","slug":"tactics-of-a-specialist-in-providing-art-therapy-support-to-children-after-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nazarevich-art.com\/en\/tactics-of-a-specialist-in-providing-art-therapy-support-to-children-after-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Tactics of a specialist in providing art therapy support to children after loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Children deprived of childhood by the hands of a monster are the tragedy of the whole World!<\/p>\n

But this is our terrible reality. Tomorrow, the country’s psychologists are starting to work with such children from the cities of Ukraine, whom the aggressor fanatic has deprived of their parents and a wonderful future, deprived of their homes and hope. It defies common sense, but that’s how it is.<\/p>\n

We need to help and believe in the future, because children must live.
\nThere may be different reactions, symbolic death with parents or survive at any cost. Both that and that reaction for the child is a protective mechanism and depends on the type of central nervous system.
\nBut I will focus on general recommendations on the tactics of the work of a psychologist, an art therapist:<\/p>\n

1. You don\u2019t need to put additional stress on the child, show your fear of the situation with your confusion: the child was deprived of everything, so you must be an adult – reliable, confident, kind, but not compassionate. Your emotions should not get in the way of you providing quality support to your child. And he can’t handle them. You are an island of hope. If your condition does not give such an opportunity, then resistance to colleagues.
\n2. Provide your child with the sensations of your own, everything has been taken away from him by the war: home, family, a sense of peace for many years. So, at least symbolically, they should give the child exactly his toy, a backpack, and it is better to sign all this so that the child feels that he is and he has something.
\n3. An adult should say: while it\u2019s hard for you, I will do everything to make you feel good at our meetings. Such a small attachment, at least for a short time, will provide the child with a sense of calm and the opportunity to relax.
\n4. At least something that gives joy. Try, at least for a moment, to do something so that a moment of positive emotions returns to the child’s eyes. Good and pleasant art materials, interesting coloring pages, amazing tasks – this is what will provoke the manifestation of the congratulatory intellect of the child and can give inspiration to live.
\n5. Offer the child a choice, let him choose a color, a piece of paper, where to sit: such simple choices will allow the brain to work in a tragic situation, bringing it back to life. Although these are, of course, artificial methods, it is important to find others in such a situation.
\n6. Tactile contact, motion sickness and motion sickness games, rhythmic actions during exercises give reflexive calm.
\n7. Talk to your child in his language so that he does not feel uncomfortable.
\n8. Long-term hugs, if the child wants it, is normal in this situation, but do not touch the child unnecessarily if he keeps his distance. Shorten it with a game and a sheet of paper, drawing together, creating common groundwork, reading a book together.
\n9. Don’t pretend everything is fine. If a child wants to talk about the parents and the tragedy, this must be taken as trust. If a child is able to show emotions, that’s good. But they must be controlled, if there are uncontrollable emotions, the child tells you that he sees his parents now or there are no emotions, immediately inform the doctor. The acute period of the tragedy is 6 weeks, so they are especially important.
\n10. Offer fairly calm and not overly exciting art therapy methods. For example, applications, collages will do well with this. Ask what we will do, what you want to do with me today, and offer different options.<\/p>\n

Remember: an art therapist with paints, various art materials is a symbol of life for a child.
\nIf there are difficulties, I wait in personal dialogues, we will try to do what we can.<\/p>\n

All wars end sometime and these children will walk into the future, but it is already impossible to forget this. May the Lord dry up their tears and heal little Heart.<\/p>\n

Victoria Nazarevich @2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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