Title

Floratherapy as a creative arts intervention with women in a retirement home

Abstract

Floratherapy is a creative arts technique involving the manipulation and use of flowers. It can be used to facilitate clients' awareness into inner issues, allowing them to view their life situations through a nonthreatening and often nonverbal means. This article presents one portion of a qualitative research project designed to explore the experiences of 6 women in a retirement home who participated in floratherapy group sessions. The intervention is fully explained and the lived experience of 1 woman from the study is relayed in detail.

Department(s)

Counseling, Leadership, and Special Education

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15401380903372653

Keywords

Counseling, Creative arts, Creativity, Floratherapy, Group work, Older adults, Retirement home

Publication Date

12-1-2009

Journal Title

Journal of Creativity in Mental Health

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