「動物コラージュ技法」の臨床的有用性の検討 : リラックス効果と自己理解促進効果の観点から

In this study，the utility of "Animal Collage Technique" designed by the author was examined by having university students participated from two aspects; the effect of the relaxation and the promotion of self-understanding. First，the effect of the relaxation of“the animal cut" and “the animal's motion" in these cuts was examined. As the result，a significant difference was found in the effect of the relaxation between subjects whose use of “the animal cut" was one piece or less and subjects whose use of it was two or more. But the effect of the relaxation of animal's motion was not apparent. Secondly，the promotion of self-understanding was examined by looking at the presence of and/or absence of usage of the animal cut as a self image，and also by the difference between “the entire animal" cut and “the animal part" cut. But， these differences did not influence the promotion of self-understanding. However，it was found that the image of the animal was different depending on the individual，even if the same“animal cut" was chosen as a self-image. Therefore，this technique would be helpful not only for clients' self-understanding，but also for therapists who try to understand the clients by asking the animal's image，the reason for having chosen “the animal cut",and how they feel about the animal.