Using Smartphone as a Therapeutic Stimulus in Art Therapy (NY-TE6190)
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Jee Hyun Kim
Jee Hyun Kim, ATR-BC, LCAT, has worked in residential settings and inpatient psychiatric treatment settings as well as community service with diverse populations from early childhood to geriatrics. She has conducted research that includes digital devices in art therapy. Jee Hyun is in the final stage of her Ph.D. at Notre Dame de Namur University in Art Therapy.
The smartphone has become the most essential tool for daily life as a "new media" phenomenon that possesses its own aesthetic and self-expressive power. This presentation explores its therapeutic uses from the universal “selfie” to actual drawing. The smartphone will be considered new territory to explore in the clinical sphere.