The Generative Process of Professional and Personal Development of Cognitive-Behavioural Clinical Psychologists in Training through the Inclusion of Strategies of Expressive Arts: A Qualitative Analysis and Comparison

Rosangela Bertelli

doi:10.18533/journal.v6i8.1244

Abstract

<p>Starting out from the perspective that art is in fact a process and not simply the creation of objects neither the creation’s final products, the present article reports a qualitative analysis, examination and comparison of the subjective nature of the generative process experienced with the inclusion of strategies of expressive arts, described and interpreted by two cognitive-behavioural clinical psychologists in training, both knowledgeable of the principles of cognitive-behavioural model of learning. Does the nature of the psychologists in training subjective experiences with the inclusion of strategies of expressive arts, as reported during their training of professional and personal development, share features and effects? Results revealed similar generative processes guiding towards the development of abilities to focus on the identification and contemplation of automatic thoughts. Such abilities facilitated the grasping of the mechanics of the cognitive-behavioural intervention and also triggered a beneficial sense of well-being during the course of training.</p>

Highlights

The aim of this qualitative analysis and comparison is to argue for the efficaciousness of a professional and personal development of cognitive-behavioural clinical psychologists trained through the inclusion of strategies of expressive arts
Does the nature of the psychologists in training subjective experiences with the inclusion of strategies of expressive arts, as registered during their training of professional and personal development, share features and effects? Analysis and comparison of the generative processes through the analysis and comparison of the subjective experiences, as reported along the process, and not the simple creation of objects or the artistic final result, disclosed, revealed that the nature, that is, the characteristics or the essential qualities, of the subjective experiences reported by both trainees with the inclusion of expressive arts do share features and effects
The present article reported a qualitative analysis of the nature of the subjective experiences with strategies of expressive arts introduced as phenomena during the training of cognitive-behavioural clinical psychologists

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Introduction

The aim of this qualitative analysis and comparison is to argue for the efficaciousness of a professional and personal development of cognitive-behavioural clinical psychologists trained through the inclusion of strategies of expressive arts In this sense, this article begins with a brief presentation of Complexism, Evolutionary Art, Complex Systems, Effective Complexity, and Generative Processes, followed by a brief presentation of the Cognitive-Behavioural Model of Learning and of some of its Bertelli, JAH (2017), Vol 06, No 08: 37-46 psychoeducational strategies for the training at a graduate level of development. Complex Systems make reference to all the systems that possess a large number of small parts or components which interact with other parts and other components present in the system, make reference to multiple systems, to composite systems where interactions among parts and components lead to the system’s selforganisation Such self-organised systems are dynamic, adaptive, constantly changing and continuously in reorganisation, repairing, in permanent emergence or growth (Park & Reuter-Lorenz, 2009)

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