Frances W.
Integrating Response Art and Documentation: A Method to Support Continuity of Care for Boarding Patients
Artist Statement
Through my internship at a pediatric urban medical hospital this year, I experienced the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic flaws on children and adolescents’ mental health crises. Engaging with and witnessing patients stay on medical units for up to three weeks following suicide attempts and self-harm ultimately shaped my art therapist identity. It was through my experience of disbelief, sadness, and frustration that I began to explore my role within the system. As a result, my artwork conveys my navigation of providing brief acute art therapy, while exploring themes of isolation, therapeutic containment, and continuity of care. Through this process, I developed a ritual of response art and an approach to art therapy that supported me in understanding the value of embodying my professional identity across all tasks of clinical work including documentation.
Art Therapy is located in room 326 of Rogers Hall on the Graduate Campus.
MSC: 86
email ctsp@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-6060
fax 503-768-6065
Chair Cort Dorn-Medeiros
Art Therapy
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219