My first session was on Tues 10/4/11. I didn't quite know what to expect but I was excited and a little nervous. I thought that I was entering the activity hour working with an actual Art Therapist and figured we would be one on one with clients or at least in a small group. I was wrong. I worked with and Art Therapist volunteer and an artist. The Art Therapist volunteer never tried to do any actual art therapy. So we went into a room with about 50 men and proceeded to do an "activity" with the men. The activity was to make fans out of paper and on one side create images of where you've been and on the other make images of where you're going. Alot of the men just sat there and doodled, only a couple paritcipated. I sat down with one gentlemen and created one while he talked with me. Funny thing, all the questions he was asking made me feel like I was the patient as I drew. I was honest though and shared myself with my work. This grabbed quite a few of the mens attention when I shared my art with them. They realized what the project actually was and some proceeded to join along. They now think I am "cool peeps." We can related and I heard many stories.
I am probably going to write my ethical dilema paper on the little situation noted above. How much should you share with your clients about your personal life? There was an instance I started to feel like lying or completely walk away because the questions were coming as fast as I could answer them. I couldn't tell if he was undermining me, or overtly curious, or if in fact he was trying to keep the attention off of him.
I want to beable to share with my clients because I think it will help them open up in ways. I can see how this may be a problem and I am going to research what would be the best strategy for this issue.
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