Mujer, terapia y resistencia: espacios posibles/Woman, therapy and resistance: potential spaces

The impact of political violence on individuals, families and communities can be extensive. The Saharawi people suffer for 38 years as consequences of an illegal occupation by the government of Morocco. Common therapeutic intervention and especially art therapy can provide an effective means of expressing, making meaning of, and at times transforming the resulting experiences of fear, loss, separation, instability and disruption in these hostile environments.