Giotto di Bondone and the Art of Therapeutic Pause

This workshop is based on the research project that attempted to explore the meaning of the therapist as artist and the way of learning therapeutic skills, more specifically the skill of a therapeutic pause, from fine art masterpieces. It summarizes theoretical and empirical research conducted in the area of therapeutic silence and then invites the reader to visit Cappella Scrovegni in Padua to learn the art of therapeutic pause from Giotto’s fre...