Publication date: March 2020
Source: The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 68
Author(s): Amanda Bechtel, Laura L. Wood, Laura Teoli
Abstract
On a daily basis individuals are confronted with overt and covert messaging about their bodies, appearance, and functioning. This paper explores these social narratives and presents a narrative protocol for an eight hour workshop in which participants constructed life-sized body sculptures made from packing tape. Participants were invited to process their experiences with the guidance of drama therapy techniques. The final product was then displayed in a public forum where viewers could respond to the installation and consider their own personal body narrative.