Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to understand what it means to use self-works in the art therapist's response art as a method of self-reflection to the art therapist in the art therapy process with a child client.
 Methods To this end, the records of a total 60 times art therapy, the 32 times from May to November 2021 and 28 times from June to December 2022, of a 10-year-old female client were examined, it was carried out with reflective writing and response art as self-works and the experience was reconstructed through narrative inquiry.
 Results The contents of the five experience's meanings derived through the study are as follows. ‘Art therapy begins with a therapist' self-reflection’ ‘Art therapist needs to wait for client’ ‘The identity as a practitioner and an art therapist is not different(不二)’ ‘Art therapy space become an element of therapy’ ‘Understand a client with empathy’.
 Conclusions This study is significant in that the art therapist's response art uses self-works performed by the fundamental question of ‘Who am I?’to the art therapist as a way of self-reflection to further solidify his identity as an art therapist and fully empathize with the client. Based on the results, the implications and limitations of the study were discussed.

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