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A Bit About Me
A Spotlight
on Shame
Tania Blomfield
The Research
TOXIC SHAME
SUPERHEROES
&
THE STAGE
Can a group arts therapy
intervention using the
metaphor of a superhero be
used as a means of
identifying and reducing
shame with youth who have
experienced trauma?
The Process
&
Draw a Rosebush
Assessment
Violet Oaklander
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Five Part Process Model
Anna Halprin
Identification
Confrontation
Growth
Change
Release
Jenny
Pre Group Assessment
Post Group Assessment
Kacey
Pre Group Assessment
The Participants
Anne
Pre Group Assessment
Post Group Assessment
Kacey’s Additional Post Group
Picture
Post Group Assessment
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Marie
Pre Group Assessment
Rachel
Pre Group Assessment
Post Group Assessment
Sam
Pre Group Assessment
Post Group Assessment
Week One
Jenny’s Box
Getting to know each
other
• Introductions – ball game
• Name tags with
superhero symbol
• Group ground rules
• Decorate a box
• Processing
Post Group Assessment
Sam’s Additional Post Group
Pictures
The Dead Penguin
My Heart
Week Two
Kacey’s Superhero
Identification of Strengths
• Superhero visualisation
• Create your superhero
• Processing
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Week Three
Identification of Shame – Anne’s Mask
Week Five
Rachel’s Collection
Our Scars
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Story telling
Hidden feelings
Emotion Sculptures
Group Painting
Week Four
Sam’s Shield
Our Defences
• Mirroring exercises
• Create a shield
• Processing
Week Six
Marie’s Shell Collage
Closure
• Shell Collages
• Rhythm and Music
My Process
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