Touching the Loss and Creating a New Sense of Being in Clay Field Therapy: A Longitudinal Phenomenological Research

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dc.contributor.authorBaşoğlu Yavuz, Saba
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-24T07:30:51Z
dc.date.available2025-02-24T07:30:51Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentFakülteler, Sanat ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
dc.description.abstractClay Field Therapy is a trauma-informed Sensorimotor Art Therapy rooted in haptic perception. It emphasizes the tactile relationship between the individual’s hands and materials, providing a non-verbal avenue for deep therapeutic processing. The combination of three fundamental materials creates Clay Field: a rectangular wooden box filled with smooth clay and warm water. This longitudinal phenomenological study aims to examine the experiences of individuals undergoing Clay Field Therapy to process complex grief. The participant group consists of four women, aged between 30 and 45, who sought Clay Field Therapy due to their unique experiences of loss and grief. Data was collected through participant-led, in-depth, process-oriented, and semi-structured interviews conducted after the first and twelfth Clay Field sessions of each participant. Longitudinal Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was employed to explore in detail how participants attributed meaning to their experiences, changes, and transformations during Clay Field Therapy. Four superordinate themes emerged from the analysis of data: beyond words, from nothingness towards existence, from tangible experiences towards a transformative spiritual experience, and a comprehensive sense of being. Clay Field Therapy facilitates not only the resolution of the grief process but also enables profound existential work and spiritual growth. This process, in which individuals reconstruct the meaning of life through their tactile encounters in the Clay Field, has been conceptualized as “Embodied Reflection.”
dc.identifier.citationBaşoğlu Yavuz, S. (2025). Touching the loss and creating a new sense of being in clay field therapy: A longitudinal phenomenological research. Spiritual Psychology and Counseling, 10(1), 19–46. http://doi.org/10.37898/spiritualpc.1575609
dc.identifier.doi10.37898/spiritualpc.1575609
dc.identifier.endpage46
dc.identifier.issn24589675
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85217513079
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage19
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12941/283
dc.identifier.volume10
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.institutionauthorBaşoğlu Yavuz, Saba
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherHalil Eksi
dc.relation.ispartofSpiritual Psychology and Counseling
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectClay Field Therapy
dc.subjectComplicated grief
dc.subjectEmbodied reflection
dc.subjectEmbodiment
dc.subjectExpressive Art Therapy
dc.subjectHaptic perception
dc.subjectLongitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis
dc.subjectSensorimotor Art Therapy
dc.titleTouching the Loss and Creating a New Sense of Being in Clay Field Therapy: A Longitudinal Phenomenological Research
dc.typeArticle

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