In the present specialist thesis I present the use of art activities in a group of clients, who have been harassed and bullied at work. Psychological and emotional violence at work, which involves hostility – intentionally causing inconvenience and maltreatment, causes in victims the consequences on the physical and mental health. Some of the victims, who are faced daily with mobbing at work, suffer from a so-called posttraumatic stress disorder, delayed and prolonged response to severe stressful events. With the introduction of expressive art techniques in the work of a self-help group, I try to help clients relax the accumulated emotions and talk about the violent experience, as memories of traumatic events are stored differently and are difficult to express in words – through conversation. Therapy through art gives the possibility of non-verbal communication, the victim can be expressed through the artistic medium, whereby it is not only the product that's important, but also the very process of creation, during which the victim comes into contact with his/her deepest emotion. Through the articulation of shapes and images we will recognize their experience of workplace harassment. Victims of the workplace violence come into contact with a variety of emotions, especially anger is at the forefront and is reflected in various ways, such as a sense of shame, rage, aggression, intolerance, threats, irritation etc., and also focuses on the issue of how to express anger in fine form and how to use it constructively to break with the violence or confrontation with the aggressors. I also wonder whether there exist certain categories of persons, who are more subjected to harrassment, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, education level, presence of chronic illness or disability, or is such thinking completely stereotyped. The objectives of the specialist thesis are aimed at maintaining the health (the release of accumulated feelings in a confidential environment, better physical well-being, choosing long-term solutions instead of smoking, alcohol or sedatives abuse, overeating …), improving socialization of victims (support, step out of isolation and exclusion), raising the personal growth (strengthening the inner self and improoving self-esteem) and in the area of prevention and promotion of healthy relationships in the workplace. Qualitative methods, which are used in the research, are qualitative interviews, analysis of the resulting focus group by the snowball method and artistic analysis of users documents. It is particularly important the snowball method, which allows the detection of »hidden population« of the workplace harrassment victims, which occurs often in our environment, but the victims rarely seek help because of fear. Even if this thesis leads only to a small scientific report, which is based on a small sample, it is extremely important in our environment, because workplace harrassment seems to be an extreme social stressor, which in turn can trigger a whole series of stressful events in which there are involved even other people (even more employees, customers, family members of the victim or the attacker, mediators and support services). There are no concrete solutions for solving the incidence of mobbing, but to act in the direction of promotion and prevention, so it's very important that we devote even more attention and studies to this silent epidemic.
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