title: A meaningful entrance: photo therapy as a psychotherapuetic intervention.
abstract: Photo therapy is a technique that mental health clinicians can use to motivate therapeutic discussions with clients. The explicit focus is on the photograph rather than on the client; this provides a feeling of emotional safety. Images stimulate clients to project their own interpretations. A picture, used as a therapeutic process tool, provides a meaningful entrance into an undefended side door of the mind to allow for emotional healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York, Canandaigua, NY 14424, USA. Catherine.Kleckner@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kleckner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009519:New York City; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010781:Photography; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*