Presentation Information
[SY-81]Poiesis and Psychiatric Recovery: Creative Practices in Everyday Life
Itsuo Asai1, Shinichiro Tanaka2, Rieko Shioji3, Segrio Covarrubias4, Federico Ossola5 (1.Heart Clinic Medical Corporation(Japan), 2.Tokyo University of the Arts (Japan), 3.Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan), 4.Hospital Civil de Guadalajara(Mexico), 5.Groupe hospitalier Fondation Vallée(France))
Keywords:
Mental Health Recovery,Art Therapy,Narrative Medecine,Psychiatry,Resilience
This symposium explores how creative practices contribute to psychiatric recovery through poiesis—the generative process of meaning-making, identity, and resilience in the face of psychological disruption.
Dr. Shinichiro Tanaka (Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan) analyzes the manga Blue Period, using Salutography to frame artistic creation as a process of self-discovery and psychological reorientation.
Dr. Rieko Shioji (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) presents qualitative findings from outpatient Morita Therapy. Through daily diary writing, patients shift from symptom-focused narratives to renewed engagement with everyday life. These texts become quiet acts of self-composition—an art of the ordinary.
Dr. Sergio Covarrubias (Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Mexico) explores the work of outsider artist Martín Ramírez. Created during psychiatric confinement, his drawings reflect the intersection of psychosis, migration, and the restorative power of structured, symbolic imagery.
Dr. Federico Ossola (Fondation Vallée – Paul Guiraud, France) discusses an institutional initiative integrating contemporary art into community psychiatry. Through public exhibitions, patients and artists collaborate to dissolve boundaries between clinic and culture.
Together, these presentations offer a humanistic perspective on psychiatry, where poiesis is not merely metaphorical, but enacted through creative expression. Healing is redefined as a process of reconstruction—through narrative, image, and attention to the everyday.
Dr. Shinichiro Tanaka (Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan) analyzes the manga Blue Period, using Salutography to frame artistic creation as a process of self-discovery and psychological reorientation.
Dr. Rieko Shioji (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) presents qualitative findings from outpatient Morita Therapy. Through daily diary writing, patients shift from symptom-focused narratives to renewed engagement with everyday life. These texts become quiet acts of self-composition—an art of the ordinary.
Dr. Sergio Covarrubias (Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Mexico) explores the work of outsider artist Martín Ramírez. Created during psychiatric confinement, his drawings reflect the intersection of psychosis, migration, and the restorative power of structured, symbolic imagery.
Dr. Federico Ossola (Fondation Vallée – Paul Guiraud, France) discusses an institutional initiative integrating contemporary art into community psychiatry. Through public exhibitions, patients and artists collaborate to dissolve boundaries between clinic and culture.
Together, these presentations offer a humanistic perspective on psychiatry, where poiesis is not merely metaphorical, but enacted through creative expression. Healing is redefined as a process of reconstruction—through narrative, image, and attention to the everyday.