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Spirituality and Art Therapy: The Practice of Sufi Zikr, Sufi Meditation Tamarkoz and Art-Making From an Art Therapist’s Lens
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In: LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations (2017)
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Abstract:
This research examines the effects of a daily, ritualistic, intentional practice of Sufi meditation Tamarzok, Sufi Zikr and art making in the life of a female art therapist graduate student, in a transitional professional and developmental stage of life. The general psychology and art therapy literature were examined to look at contemporary understanding in the integration of spirituality and art in mental health. A lack of information in the art therapy literature prompted the interest in the development of this study to respond to this inquiry. This art-centered research informed by a heuristic, phenomenological, dialectical inquiry of self-examination, encompassed the practice of Sufi Zikr and Sufi meditation Tamarkoz as understood from the perspective of the Sufi Order Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi School of Islamic Sufism, followed by art making as a way of documenting and contextualizing the qualities of the internal and external emotional landscapes to uncover themes and broaden self-knowledge in the support and enhancement of growth and well-being. The data was analyzed by looking at emergent themes. Conclusions drawn aligned the combined practices of art making and spirituality to that of a relational home where the Self and all parts of the psyche can coexist and contextualized for meanings to emerge and healing to take place. The findings of this inquiry were in overall alignment with the reviewed art therapy literature; gaps in the reviewed literature were noted in the exploration of the somatic component of the practice of art making as it relates to healing. Further research is warranted to expand and explore the data and the uncovered areas.
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art therapy; Islamic Sufism; mandala; Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental and Social Health; spirituality; Sufi meditation Tamarkoz; Sufi Order of Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (M.T.O. Shahmaghsoudi); Sufi Zikr; wellness
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URL: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/298 https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&context=etd
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Web-Based Personalized Feedback: Is This an Appropriate Approach for Reducing Drinking Among High School Students?
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In: Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations (2015)
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Healing Our Race-Linked Wounds
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In: Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D. (2015)
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Counseling Children and Their Families Experiencing SSD: Systemic Interventions for Speech-Language Pathologists
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In: ETSU Faculty Works (2014)
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Theory and Practice of Family Therapy and Counseling
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In: ETSU Authors Bookshelf (2014)
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Using Photography and Poetry in Group Therapy for People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: An Outcome Study
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In: LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations (2014)
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Reducing High-Risk Drinking in Mandated College Students: Evaluation of Two Personalized Normative Feedback Interventions
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In: Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations (2011)
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An Exploration of Language Acculturation as Reflected in the Art of Latino American Families
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In: LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations (2011)
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Interparental Conflict as Intrusive Family Process
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In: Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications (2005)
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Guidelines for Reaching Out and Counseling Low IncomeMonolingual Latino Clients
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In: Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications (2003)
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Financial Profile of First Time Home Buyers in Northern Utah
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In: Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications (2003)
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