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While volunteerism expanded nationwide, many New York art therapists worked on the front lines of a wounded and frightened city, carrying both their professional responsibilities and their own lived experience of devastation. 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Brigmon, MA, ATR, Flushing, NY; Susan Natacha Gonzalez, MA, ATR-BC, Brooklyn, NY; and Stephen R. Koepfer, MA, ATR, FAAIM, Astoria, NY  \nAbstract  \nAfter the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on 9/11/01, New York’s art therapy community found itself faced with difficult political, professional, and emotional challenges. As volunteerism across this country responded to the need for assistance, many New York art therapists were on the front lines of a wounded and frightened city while attempting to simultaneously cope with the devastation they themselves had survived or witnessed. This article presents the stories of five metropolitan-area art therapists who were actively engaged in relief efforts and who, by joining to write this paper, came together to offer solace and cope as a community.  \nIntroduction  \nImmediately following the 9/11 attacks on New York City (NYC), people joined together. Traumatized, New Yorkers found solace in the company of others who shared their devastation. One woman passed her 4-year-old daughter to a stranger as she desperately tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge in a suffocating cloud of debris. Acknowledging the dangerous conditions around her, the woman gave her child to a stranger, a man who was able to carry her daughter to safety. This story, like many others, documents how strangers connected in the clouds of destruction.  \nThe narratives shared by the five art therapists in this article reflect various dimensions of community building that happened following the attacks. Art joins the artist with his or her viewers, if even for just a moment, in a collective vision. Essentially, each art product is a community building opportunity. Klingman, Shalev, and Pearlman (2000) describe community art that occurred spontaneously following the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin in Israel. They note that by affecting groups of people, traumatic events also serve to create community out of the fellowship of shared experience.  \nAs clinicians, we often work in a telescopic manner with our clients. We constantly examine where they are and work with them to set new destinations in a healthy, defined course. The work is not linear as it requires both parties to adjust their telescopes accordingly. Our destinations in personal growth are continuously being adjusted to meet the changing demands of our situations.  \nAll the contributors to this article were intimately involved in ministering therapy to survivors and witnesses while attempt-  \nEditor’s note: Correspondence concerning this article should be directed to: Stephen R. Koepfer, MA, ATR, FAAIM, article editor, 18-48 21st Drive, Astoria, NY 11105, 718-728-5018, [s.r.k@att.net](s.r.k@att.net).  \ning to simultaneously cope with this terrible tragedy. Because of this, the following stories extend beyond the scholarly nature often expected in professional journal articles. These accounts demonstrate some of the struggles therapists face while attempting to care for the people with whom they work. More important, this article not only describes individual encounters, but also presents the development of a community of therapists (some of whom had not met previously) that came together by sharing stories.  \nIn the wake of tragedy of such magnitude, storytelling can provide necessary psychological distance from trauma. Like artmaking, it uses “metaphor and projection which aid in the expression of conscious and unconscious processes” as well as the “sheltered expression of emotion”(Koepfer, in press, pp. 284-285) . As people share and listen to each other’s stories, contact is made within our communities and within ourselves. Storytelling allows for adjustment to tragedy and loss. The writing of their stories has helped these five contributors cope with the process of re","cbCaiv9vFb0tw9ql","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv9vFb0tw9ql","pdf",358801,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# The World Trade Center Children’s Mural Project\n# Rebuilding After Destruction","[{\"question\":\"What challenges did New York art therapists face after 9/11?\",\"answer\":\"They faced difficult political, professional, and emotional challenges while supporting wounded survivors and coping with their own devastation.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article connect art and community building?\",\"answer\":\"It describes artmaking as a shared, collective vision and explains how traumatic events can create community through fellowship of shared experience.\"},{\"question\":\"What role did storytelling play in recovery after tragedy?\",\"answer\":\"Storytelling provided psychological distance from trauma, enabled expression through metaphor and projection, and supported rebuilding therapists’ community and worldview.\"}]","Mobilizing Community Strength: New York Art Therapists Respond | PDF",1792073943,23]