Authors

Ascensión Aguado Jara

Position

Candidata a Doctora en Educación por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Máster en Arteterapia por la UAM. Máster en Psicopatología y Salud por la UNED. Arteterapeuta

Contact address

Ascensión Aguado Jara. Ronda Caballero de la Mancha, 61. 28034 Madrid.

Contact email: asc.aguado@gmail.com

Abstract

Using drugs and its consequences are a major direct cause of morbimortality in Spain. It is also associated indirectly with other social and health problems. Art Therapy has a long history in addiction treatment in other countries, and it is increasingly present in Spain, as part of the multidisciplinary teams in Care Centers for Drug Addiction.
Art Therapy offers a safe space for expressing those difficult emotions experienced by persons on treatment for addiction, through the visual language that can sort out any verbal blocking. As well as facilitating the development of potentially favourable resources, it also turns into a reality the process of change from use to abstinence.
This is the seventh article in the Art Therapy series, and its objective is to show the contributions that Art Therapy offers to persons with addiction. It deals with the connections of the Art Therapy approach with the transtheoretical model by Prochaska and Diclemente and the motivational interview, the mechanisms of action through which Art Therapy acts and, finally, there is a description of various experiences in Art Therapy with a group of persons on treatment for addiction in the setting of the Lakoma Project.

Keywords:

Art therapy; transtheoretical model; motivational interview; addiction; drug dependency; Lakoma Project

Versión en Español

Título:

Arteterapia en el ámbito de las adicciones