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    The document describes an art therapy exercise called "Create a Memory Album" that has the following goals: 1. Use drawings and artwork to process grief over a significant loss. 2. Express feelings related to the loss in a supportive environment. 3. Begin a healthy grieving process. 4. Create a personal memory album as a keepsake. The client is given suggestions for drawings to make between sessions, such as activities with the deceased person or feelings about their illness/death. The drawings are later assembled into a personal album during therapy to facilitate discussion of the client's experiences and feelings.

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    The document describes an art therapy exercise called "Create a Memory Album" that has the following goals: 1. Use drawings and artwork to process grief over a significant loss. 2. Express feelings related to the loss in a supportive environment. 3. Begin a healthy grieving process. 4. Create a personal memory album as a keepsake. The client is given suggestions for drawings to make between sessions, such as activities with the deceased person or feelings about their illness/death. The drawings are later assembled into a personal album during therapy to facilitate discussion of the client's experiences and feelings.

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    The document describes an art therapy exercise called "Create a Memory Album" that has the following goals: 1. Use drawings and artwork to process grief over a significant loss. 2. Express feelings related to the loss in a supportive environment. 3. Begin a healthy grieving process. 4. Create a personal memory album as a keepsake. The client is given suggestions for drawings to make between sessions, such as activities with the deceased person or feelings about their illness/death. The drawings are later assembled into a personal album during therapy to facilitate discussion of the client's experiences and feelings.

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    Create A Memory Album

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    Angela
    The document describes an art therapy exercise called "Create a Memory Album" that has the following goals: 1. Use drawings and artwork to process grief over a significant loss. 2. Express feelings related to the loss in a supportive environment. 3. Begin a healthy grieving process. 4. Create a personal memory album as a keepsake. The client is given suggestions for drawings to make between sessions, such as activities with the deceased person or feelings about their illness/death. The drawings are later assembled into a personal album during therapy to facilitate discussion of the client's experiences and feelings.

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    Therapist’s Overview

    CREATE A MEMORY ALBUM

    GOALS OF THE EXERCISE


    1. Tell the story of the loss through drawings or artwork.
    2. Express feelings surrounding the loss of a significant person through the modality of art therapy.
    3. Begin a healthy grieving process around the loss.
    4. Establish a trusting relationship with the therapist or significant other(s) so grief can be shared
    in the context of a supportive environment.
    5. Create a personal memory album that will serve as a keepsake and reminder of the relationship
    with the deceased person.

    ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS FOR WHICH THIS EXERCISE MAY BE MOST


    USEFUL
    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Low Self-Esteem
    • Separation Anxiety

    SUGGESTIONS FOR PROCESSING THIS EXERCISE WITH THE CLIENT


    In this homework assignment, the child is given a list of suggested ideas for drawings and then is
    asked to draw a series of pictures between therapy sessions that can be collected and made into a
    personal memory album. The child’s drawings can be used as valuable therapeutic tools to facilitate a
    discussion about his/her feelings or grief experiences in the context of a supportive environment.
    After all the pictures have been completed and gathered together, they can be made into a personal
    memory album during one of the therapy sessions. The child may choose to include some actual
    photographs of the deceased person in the album. Likewise, he/she may want to add a letter to the
    deceased person (please see the following homework assignment, “Grief Letter”). This therapeutic
    intervention can become a valuable keepsake for the child in later years.
    EXERCISE XVII.A

    CREATE A MEMORY ALBUM

    This homework assignment gives you the opportunity to be an artist and create your own personal
    memory album of   (Name of Person)  . You are asked to draw several pictures having to do with your
    relationship with   (Name of Person)   and how you felt after he or she died. You are asked to draw
    these pictures between therapy sessions and then to share them with your therapist in the following
    therapy sessions. These pictures will be collected and then made into your own personal memory
    album.

    1. The purpose of this homework assignment is to help you share your feelings and experiences
    about your loss through pictures and artwork. After you have completed each picture and
    brought it to the therapy session, you will discuss your drawings with the therapist. This will
    give you the opportunity to share your feelings and experiences with the therapist. Feel free to
    also share your pictures with other family members, friends, or peers.
    2. Following is a list of suggested ideas or topics that you can draw about. Some of
    the pictures will allow you to identify what   (Name of Person)   was like before he/she passed
    away. You may choose to draw pictures of what you enjoyed doing
    with   (Name of Person)   in the past. You also have a choice of drawing what your experiences
    have been like after   (Name of Person)   died. Please feel free to draw other pictures that you
    feel are important. Give each picture a title when you have finished your drawing.
    Suggested ideas for drawings:
    • The entire family, including the deceased person, doing an activity together
    • Three activities that you enjoyed doing with the deceased person
    • A time when you felt proud of the deceased person or when he/she felt proud of you
    • A time when you felt especially sad or angry with the deceased person while he/she was
    living
    • How you felt when you first found out that the deceased person was seriously ill or dying
    • How you felt on the day that the person died
    • The funeral
    • Three activities that help you feel less sad about the loss

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