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My Academic Essays
2020
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Between Fire and Thorns: Cross-Culturally-Informed Art Therapy with a Singaporean Malay Adolescent Female Thesis submitted for the fulfillment of the Master of Arts (Art Therapy) *Chapter 4 omitted*
Author: Yvonne Lee
Written: April 2018
About: The Malay community in Singapore is a historically marginalised one (Mutalib, 2012; Velayutham, 2016). Art therapists have championed the need for the profession to examine how dominant or subjugating narratives are communicated through the art forms and themes that we engage in the therapeutic process; there are considerations pertaining to art materials, studio space, service delivery, artworks, roles, positions of power, and consent (Hadley, 2013; McNiff & Barlow, 2009; Potash et al., 2017). Given that race and culture is a fundamental part of self-identity and self-construal, this thesis endeavours to find out how a Singaporean Chinese art therapist, in journeying with a Singaporean Malay youth, may act to address the differentials of power and privilege which affect the therapeutic alliance in the art therapy space. An emancipatory action research-informed case study, supplemented by art-informed research, was conducted to address my research question. ...This dissertation strives to contribute to the developing momentum agitating for cross-cultural competency in the art therapy praxis. It is ethically imperative for art therapists to be culturally-informed, stand up for social justice, to understand the nature of oppression, so we may truly see our clients through their eyes.
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Keywords: Singaporean Malays, art therapy, cross-cultural competency, social justice, action research
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Diagnosis: Benediction, Anathema, and Art Therapy as a Transcendent Force in the Approach to Major Neurocognitive Disorder
Author: Yvonne Lee
Written: October 2017
About: This paper was written for a module in my Master's art therapy programme. I comprehensively reveal and table how the act of clinical diagnosis may be both benediction and anathema to various figures: the clients themselves; caregivers; attending physicians; and to the larger network of government and society. These reflections were built upon my own encounters in the local mental health system. As an example, the diagnosis of neurocognitive disorder (commonly known as dementia) amplifies the shame and stigma attached to the diagnosis. I explore how art-making in art therapy exemplifies a person-first approach, working in tandem with our multidisciplinary colleagues, allowing clients to tangibly showcase their humanity and transcending their diagnosis.
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Keywords: Diagnosis, art therapy, multidisciplinary practice, dementia, neurocognitive disorder
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The Implementation of a Group Art Therapy Pilot Intervention at SPCA for Animal Welfare Responders with Vicarious Trauma: A Proposal
Author: Yvonne Lee
Written: April 2017
About: This paper was written for a module in my Master's art therapy programme. It presents an overview of the psychological challenges faced by animal welfare respondents who manage cases of animal cruelty, namely vicarious trauma. It describes a proposal to pilot and implement a group art therapy service sited at the premises of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Singapore (SPCA), as a solution to effectively address and ameliorate the psychological trauma endured by animal welfare respondents. 10 detailed session plans for trauma-informed art therapy designed for SPCA staff are appended.
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Keywords: Vicarious trauma, animal welfare, group art therapy
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Hakuna Matata: The Role of Humour Styles on Coping and Resilience
Thesis submitted for the fulfillment of the Bachelors of Psychology (Honours)
Author: Yvonne Lee
Written: September 2012
About: Humour is a captivating character strength, whose potentially protective aspects – such as fostering resilience – have been prolifically articulated for centuries (e.g., Freud, 1928; Gelkopf, 2011; Martin, 2007). Recently, humour has been conceptualised as a multidimensional construct, comprising four distinct styles: self-enhancing, affiliative, self-defeating, and aggressive humour. These humour styles have been found to impact coping (e.g., Erickson & Feldstein, 2007), which is in turn strongly linked with resilience (e.g., Campbell-Sills, Cohan, & Stein, 2006). Hence, the present study aims to explore the role of coping mediating the relationship between humour styles and resilience. 209 Psychology undergraduates from James Cook University participated in a within-subject, self-report questionnaire design study. After controlling for relevant demographical effects, results indicated that self-enhancing humour indeed significantly predicted resilience, mediated by the use of increased approach-focused coping and decreased avoidance-focused coping. Neither a relationship with resilience nor mediation effects was discovered for affiliative humour. Aggressive humour negatively predicted resilience, but this relationship was not mediated by coping. Lastly, self-defeating humour did not predict resilience, although mediation by avoidant-focused coping was evident. These findings lend credence to the hypothesised model of how self-enhancing humour effectuates through coping to foster resilience. However, further research is warranted to explore other probable mediational factors in the humour styles-resilience relationship, such as friendship.
Keywords: Humour styles, approach-focused coping, avoidant-focused coping, resilience
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