This study aimed to explore the process and meanings of the self-awareness of the researcher as an art therapist through autobiographical inquiry. The research data consisted of the researcher s paintings, journals, interview data, and transcripts of individual counseling. The method of narrative inquiry was applied to recount the process, meanings, and significance of the researcher s self-awareness. The experience stories about awareness were expressed as follows: ‘stories kept hidden in my heart’, ‘stepping forth into the world’, ‘living as a mother’, and ‘becoming whole and complete as a person through awareness.’ The meanings of the experience of awareness can be summarized as follows. First, through a deeper inquiry into myself, I gained an insight into my relationship with myself and the relationship between me and others. Second, through the experience of self-awareness, I became able to see myself as I am and others as they are and have relationships with others as ‘an art therapist’ or as ‘the whole me’. Third, I recognized that all the elements created as a result of my existence belong to me and the world changes according to my mind. As a result, I became aware that the art therapist s ‘personhood’ is an important element in the researcher s life and in the scene of art therapy. In addition, through this study, I gained awareness of the fact that it is important to find and solve my unresolved tasks and live as the subject of my life. I realized that art therapists are required to gain self-awareness and have a deep understanding of themselves prior to conducting therapy for the client and that the art therapist s self-awareness is a crucial element in art therapy.