The Symbolic Experiential Approach of Creative Improvisation through Literature Technique within the Unifying Personal Development Group – Case study –
Journal Title: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy - Year 2015, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Creative improvisation through literature is an experiential and creativeexpressive technique which uses the spontaneous story-writing in order to help someone knowing himself better but also to overcome some existential jams, both in the personal development group and individual counseling. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to harness the way of intervention within creative improvisation and in the same time emphasizing the diagnostic and symbolic-projective valences of this technique by presenting a case study of a group participant within a unifying personal development group. Method: In this case study, we used the creative improvisation through literature technique, applied in an experiential way, but also combined with other creative-expressive and experiential techniques. Results: One of the results we have seen is the fact that the participant from the case study made some important changes in her life as a sign that the intervention was successful. Another result we have made is a symbolic-projective analysis of the metaphors from her stories, mapping the usefulness of the technique in the experiential diagnosis and also the metaphors dynamics according to the changes she did in her life. Conclusions: Given the positive results of the creative improvisation through literature technique, we propose to continue the study, using it in the unifying personal development groups and highlighting its positive results both by qualitative and quantitative measures.
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Vasile Constantin
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