ABSTRACT This paper will explore an art therapist facilitated mural within a refugee camp in Greece. It will present literature regarding a ‘psychosocial’ frame of art therapy and its considered relevance when working with refugee populations, drawing particular attention to theory on working cross culturally, outside the art therapy room, and the art making process. It will describe the context and present a vignette that reflects on the author’s own challenges and discoveries within the mural project that may indicate its significance within the art therapy field. The discussion will explore the possible benefits and value of art mural practice, including thoughts on symbolism within the process and final image. Limitations and further recommendations will be explored and considered. The paper will conclude that a psychosocial approach provides an appropriate framework for art therapists working with refugees and that community murals may hold therapeutic value that could be further explored with primary research and data gathered from participants to expand the discussion of its relevance as a practice within the field. The implications of this paper are that future research into art therapist facilitated community murals is possible within a similar framework and can be used when working with a community of people who have experienced displacement in order to address some of the psychological and social needs. Plain-language summary This paper is an art therapist’s reflection on a community mural co-facilitated by a team of art therapists in a refugee camp in Greece. The paper will examine a ‘psychosocial’ approach within art therapy, whereby the psychological and social needs of a person/s are considered, it will also discuss ideas on working outside the art therapy room and theories relating to the healing elements in a therapeutic art making process. A vignette will describe the personal experiences of an art therapist facilitating a mural within a refugee camp in Greece. The paper will then discuss the possible therapeutic value of the mural, and the benefits of art therapist facilitated community art making that could be drawn from the vignette. The paper will conclude that further research is needed into art therapist facilitated community murals to enhance the discussion and that it would benefit from participant’s voices to understand how they experience the practice and to determine any therapeutic value. The paper implies that community murals are a relevant practice to consider within the scope of the art therapy profession and that within a similar framework it can be employed to address the psychological and social needs of a displaced community.

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“明天我们让它变得更好”：一位艺术治疗师对希腊难民营社区壁画的反思

摘要 本文将探讨艺术治疗师在希腊难民营内创作的壁画。它将展示有关艺术治疗的“心理社会”框架及其在与难民人群合作时考虑的相关性的文献，特别关注跨文化工作、艺术治疗室之外的理论以及艺术制作过程。它将描述背景并呈现一个小插图，反映作者自己在壁画项目中的挑战和发现，这可能表明其在艺术治疗领域的重要性。讨论将探讨艺术壁画实践可能带来的好处和价值，包括对过程和最终图像中的象征意义的思考。将探讨和考虑局限性和进一步的建议。该论文将得出结论，心理社会方法为与难民一起工作的艺术治疗师提供了一个适当的框架，并且社区壁画可能具有治疗价值，可以通过主要研究和从参与者那里收集的数据进一步探索，以扩大其作为一种实践的相关性的讨论。场。本文的含义是，未来对艺术治疗师促进社区壁画的研究在类似的框架内是可能的，并且可以在与经历过流离失所的社区合作以解决一些心理和社会需求时使用。简明语言摘要 本文是艺术治疗师对希腊难民营艺术治疗师团队共同促成的社区壁画的反思。该论文将研究艺术治疗中的“心理社会”方法，即考虑一个人的心理和社会需求，还将讨论在艺术治疗室之外工作的想法以及与治疗艺术中的治疗元素相关的理论制作过程。一个小插曲将描述一位艺术治疗师在希腊难民营内协助创作壁画的个人经历。然后，论文将讨论壁画可能的治疗价值，以及艺术治疗师促进社区艺术创作的好处，这些好处可以从小插图中汲取。该论文将得出结论，需要对艺术治疗师促进社区壁画进行进一步研究以加强讨论，并且将从参与者的声音中受益，以了解他们如何体验实践并确定任何治疗价值。该论文暗示，社区壁画是在艺术治疗专业范围内需要考虑的相关实践，并且在类似的框架内，它可以用来解决流离失所社区的心理和社会需求。