The Purpose of this study is to investigate the process of trauma healing for African Refugee Wowen,
who are not well known in South Korea, through the Community-Based Art Therapy, as well as the their
outer and inner world. The study participants were 9 African refugee women in Korea. This program was
conducted once a week for 2 hours and a half in the total 8 session from September to November, 2013.
Among the 8 sessions, 7 sessions were the group therapy and last session was the community exhibition.
The result of the qualitative analysis research are as follows. Through the community-based art therapy,
they experienced safety, relaxed body, pleasure and delight. In addition, They released the supressed pain
little by little through expressing and mourning the traumatized experience, and then became healed the
trauma by relating to their own life. Expecially, they invited their friends and family, and exhibited their
own art works and African dancing performance in community exhibition. During that time, they were
supported by their friends and family, which led to connect to their community. This study also showed
their outer and inner world in Korea, which has not been well-known. This research can be primary data
for next developing programs of refugee people.