Engaging with difficult topics through art allows for reflection and meaning-making. It offers a way to communicate thoughts, ideas, traumas, memories, and interactions that are difficult to articulate, and fosters connection and builds community with each other. In this presentation, we will demonstrate how close observation and reflection with artwork provides a means for our clinical teams to address inherent divisions from our political climate, social-cultural context, and personal beliefs. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the pros and cons of openly discussing commonly-taboo topics using an art medium. They will be able to draw on this experiential process to promote these conversations in their home health care communities.
Mary Talen PhD, M.A, M.S., Director, PCBH; Psychologist, Resurrection Family Medicine Residency, CHICAGO, IL
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