Cecilia Burgos Sanhueza is a midwife by profession and, for some years, she has been conducting art therapy workshops.
The experience of Cecilia Burgos. In times when mental health is in crisis, complementary therapies are important support.
Art is a relevant tool to heal physical and soul pain. And to that end, Cecilia Burgos Sanhueza, a midwife by profession, uses it to develop complementary therapies and, in this way, improve the quality of life of people with various pathologies. Art therapy is a discipline that uses creativity for therapeutic purposes. In that sense, it facilitates the exploration and understanding of intra- and interpersonal processes and, in this way, contributes to facing anxiety, grief, treatments to face addictions, depression, adoption processes, assisted fertilization, fear of pregnancy, among others. “This means that artistic media are used to facilitate expression and capture our feelings. We observe both the process of creation and the result of it,” said Cecilia, who, in the context of the pandemic, decided to venture into the world of art for therapeutic purposes and for that, she began to study at Espacio Crea in the city of Santiago. . “I understood that we are more than a physical body and that we cannot separate emotional processes from corporality,” she stated.
PANDEMIC
There are various centers in which he has worked, one of them is the Centra facility. This is located in Romeral and provides treatment to people with addictions. In addition, the professional provided important help to health sector workers, who were overwhelmed by stress and depression in the context of the health crisis. And although this has already happened, there are still people affected by the death of a loved one. The experiences lived in this period are part of the book “Self-portraits in Times of Pandemic”, published in 2021. “It was very enriching to collaborate with a story framed in this health crisis,” she indicated. “Thanks to my knowledge in art therapy, I was able to support them in the context of this pandemic and, to this day, there are many people with consequences,” she said. Along with this, the therapist has advised couples who are in the process of assisted fertilization and high-risk pregnancies or who have suffered abortions.
For next year, Cecilia plans to work on a project that will help children on the autism spectrum. The idea is for students to have art classes with a therapist. Added to this is the holding of workshops with various organizations and individuals, which could take place in 2024.
Art is an important tool to address emotional and physical disorders.
MINISTRY
Regarding how to move forward in the recognition of complementary therapies by the Ministry of Health, Cecilia expressed that for some time now steps have been taken to make this happen, as it would allow patients to access reimbursement for care and, therefore, In this way, the number of people admitted to this type of treatment could increase. “There are two institutions that address this issue and that have held meetings with the Ministry of Health to advance the validation of complementary therapies and thus extend them to more people,” she concluded.
2023-12-24 16:39:02
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