El arteterapia como dispositivo que facilita la expresión de contenidos inconscientes en adolescentes de tercero de bachillerato general unificado

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to know how Art Therapy facilitates the expression of unconscious contents in third-year adolescents of the Unified General Baccalaureate. It is a qualitative research, where the information has been collected through a systematic review. The main concepts that are addressed are art therapy, its benefits, the therapeutic techniques derived from it, the psychoanalytic device, the unconscious and its contents, adolescence, adolescence crises, the construction of identity, later the analysis and interpretation of a case of group art therapy work with adolescent women who have suffered abuse or neglect during their lives and explains how these situations have managed to promote resilience in them. Abuse, identity construction, bonding and creativity were identified as dimensions that are analyzed and described within the case, which allow a broader perspective on art therapy as a facilitating device of unconscious content in the adolescent population. In the results, it was found that art therapy is quite beneficial to be applied in work with adolescents, since it allows them to express their unconscious contents, repressed emotions and feelings, internal conflicts, in turn it allows to promote creativity and spontaneity in the person, promote self-knowledge and the construction of their identity.