166 / 182
17
helplessness and sometimes even self-alienation as a result of the severe
trauma they endured. Through the initiative’s principles and components
the writer demonstrates the creation of a safe place that allows these
girls and young women, ever so slowly, to develop their confidence in the
surroundings and most importantly in themselves.
Tali-Or Vaisman and Topaz Kronzilber
also write about the connection
between body and soul as part of the journey towards healing. In their
article they describe the birth and development of a programof encounters
they created for girls and young women with the help of makeup as a
therapeutic tool. The program, born out of sickness and developed against
the background of the body and soul coping with its outcome, finds a
unique way to identify body perceptions of young women at risk as well
as women recovering from breast cancer, realize these perceptions and
confront them. The writers describe how makeup serves these women
as a tool of self-reflection (who am I?), deconstructing the components of
self (what makes me feminine? what is my strength? what do I like about
myself?) and ultimately of self-acceptance.
Shlomo Ariel’s
article takes us into the treatment room, by demonstrating
treatment of trauma through integrative play therapy. The article presents
two case studies of children who had demonstrated post traumatic
symptoms following exposure to terrorism. An analysis of the two case
studies allows the writer to find different characteristics in the history
of the two children that led to different behavior patterns and therefore
required a unique treatment plan for each one of them. The writer opens
a window to the treatment room and demonstrates how the integrative,
multi-system play therapy model facilitates the adaptation of a therapy
that is not based only on the characteristics of the trauma that impacted
the patient, but also on the personality traits, history and sources of
strength of each and every patient.
She was stronger than winter
She was stronger than the storm.
Rising up from nothing
Here is the secret of her strength
Her heart, she preciously locked it up in a safe
And her body, she kept it jealously.
She understands and sometimes closes her eyes
On what is happening because of her.