Another form of psychotherapy: creative mediation through gastronomy to promote and prevent mental health in minors

 

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Awdur: Acosta Cordero, Gloriana
Statws:Versión publicada
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi:2026
Disgrifiad:This article reflects on the value of gastronomy as a psychotherapeutic tool within creative mediation therapy, particularly in interventions with children and adolescents in contexts of psychosocial risk. Based on an interdisciplinary approach that integrates contributions from psychoanalysis, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy, it proposes that cooking can function as an alternative symbolic and emotional language, facilitating affective expression, identity construction, the strengthening of social bonds, and the development of life projects. It also analyzes a community-based experience carried out in Costa Rica through culinary therapy workshops, whose results show benefits in the promotion and prevention of children's mental health. The discussion highlights that gastronomy, as a practice rich in cultural and subjective meaning, enables sensitive, creative, and meaningful interventions in complex psychological processes. It concludes that incorporating gastronomy as a therapeutic mediator enriches the available languages in clinical and community psychology, especially when verbal expression has been limited, opening pathways to new forms of care, subjectivation, and meaning-making.
Gwlad:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sefydliad:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Iaith:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/13728
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rwimblu/article/view/13728
Allweddair:Cooking therapy
Community intervention with children
Promotion and prevention of mental health
Creative measurement psychotherapy
Child mental health
Cocina-terapia
Intervención comunitaria con niñez
Promoción y prevención de salud mental
Psicoterapia de medición creativa
Salud mental infantil