Figure 5.

Example of a Soldier’s work in Level 2 art therapy groups

Figure 5. During Level 2 art therapy groups, the Soldier continued to process more deeply feelings of drowning, or being buried by pain caused by her work, as well as the recognition of her strengths, grounding resources, and strong support system she had at home. In creating the work, especially the celebration/commemoration box, she processed feelings associated with her experiences with deaths of comrades, victims of cases with which she had been involved, and maltreatment she had experienced.