COVID-19 상황을 경험한 미술치료사의 만다라를 통한 자기 돌봄에 관한 자전적 내러티브 탐구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the experience and meaning of social and psychological changes experienced by art therapists infected with the COVID-19 virus through artistic narrative inquiry methods. The study period was total 16 months from January 2020 to April 2021, and the art therapist worked on mandara painting during the period focusing on the contents of 12 paintings related to the COVID-19 virus or including psychological confusion factors. The Mandara work, which began as part of self-care for emotional recovery and balance of work and personal life, unfolds with psychological flow and displays data collected by the time, place, and spatial meaning based on the five-step format of the narrative proposed by Connolly and Clandin. The results of this study are first, during the COVID-19 situation, the art therapist’s mandara work led to an experience of emotional circulation by expressing an internal world of freedom while minimizing negative factors of exposure to external risks through artistic activities in personal space. Second, during the COVID-19 situation, the art therapist’s self-care work had a positive effect on the control of psychological balance as he was given the opportunity to recognize and reflect on his feelings of meeting through his paintings and stories. Therefore, it can be seen that the mandara art therapy work can be a method of self-care in relieving the confusion from mental conflicts in social disaster situations, further maintaining life as an art therapist, coping with crises, and recovering.