Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival: A Psychosocial Case Study

Through a psychosocial lens, informed by relational psychoanalysis, this article discusses the design, delivery, and impact of The Big Anxiety’s 2022 festival in Warwick, Queensland—an arts-based program that engages with lived experiences of trauma, distress, and suicide, and in this case with the...

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Published in:Social Sciences
Main Authors: Jill Bennett, Gail Kenning, Lydia Gitau, Rebecca Moran, Marianne Wobcke
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
Subjects:
psychosocial
trauma
creativity
post-traumatic growth
psychoanalysis
Winnicott
design
arts festival
trauma-informed
mental health
Queensland
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12040249
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Summary:Through a psychosocial lens, informed by relational psychoanalysis, this article discusses the design, delivery, and impact of The Big Anxiety’s 2022 festival in Warwick, Queensland—an arts-based program that engages with lived experiences of trauma, distress, and suicide, and in this case with the devastating impact of youth suicide, disproportionately affecting First Nations communities. It describes the festival’s methods of creative engagement, examining how these create conditions for the transformation of trauma and for experiences of growth.

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