Transforming Trauma through an Arts Festival: A Psychosocial Case Study

Jill Bennett, Gail Kenning (), Lydia Gitau, Rebecca Moran and Marianne Wobcke
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Jill Bennett: Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Gail Kenning: Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Lydia Gitau: Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Rebecca Moran: Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Marianne Wobcke: Big Anxiety Research Centre (BARC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: psychosocial; trauma; creativity; post-traumatic growth; psychoanalysis; Winnicott; design; arts festival; trauma-informed; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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