Theory and Context Term One

The research topic I am interested in for my theory and context module is well-being. After looking up the meaning of well-being, I found out that it can have associations with depression and anxiety. I immediately became interested in this research topic as I can relate to it, because I have suffered from this myself. I understand the symptoms and how a person can feel, and I am interested in ways in which the symptoms could be aided.
My specialism and role is embroidery and contemporary practitioner. I needed to find a way to combine my specialisms into some research methods, and because my specialisms are quite creative and practical, I knew my methods would be too. Having already heard of this therapy it came to my mind from the start, ‘Art Therapy’, a way to address symptoms of depression and anxiety in a practical and creative way. I just needed to research depression, art therapy, and find some texts that would help me to develop my research methods.

I came up with three research methods which can be read about in my report. My intention was to find ways in which textiles, primarily embroidery in an art therapy context, could aid people with depression and anxiety.  I believe I have come up with some sufficient methods, but like I said in my report I can only speculate, and without practical research I cannot say for certain if my methods would help.