A Study on the Experience of Studying Literary Therapy in Middle-aged Married Women - Based on Michel Foucault’s Self-care(epimeleia heautou) Theory

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The purpose of this study is to apply the experience of studying literacy therapy to the practical context of Michel Foucault’s Self-care theory, thereby understanding the research participants intensively.The research was conducted with six participants, therefore having a limitation on generalizing findings. Also, experience of studying literary therapy was analyzed centering on the texts at the literary-therapy workshop, not on exploring the whole process of the certificate for literary psychology counselor. Hence, follow-up research would be necessary to examine in terms of literary psychology counselors who study it as a non-academic degree course. The course is considered to mean ‘a deeper study’ in which this process makes middle-aged married women available for new self-discovery or leisurely life according to getting older beyond the orientation of employment or career-seeking. As for self-awareness in sequence, the self-discovery and self-awareness were ever expressed together without a big distinction. But some of participants intended to realize clearly or remove the desire of other person or the outside world. Successively, inspecting the self-discipline part, the participants came to know how precious they are such as the necessity for time of being absorbed in themselves, what takes care of themselves, and the consideration on themselves. Finally, checking the self-practice part, the research participants showed the image of strengthening their will to practice themselves even if the previous attempt is frustrated with knowing what is necessary for themselves now. Given arranging, the middle-aged married women, who study the qualification-certificate process for a literary psychology counselor, presented the image of proceeding with securing identity from the viewpoint of self-discovery & awareness, self-training & practice through the experience of studying literary therapy. This proves that the experience of studying literary therapy may be helpful for self-care that Michel Foucault says.

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