Abstract Although case studies and personal accounts since the founding of the art therapy field discussed creating art alongside clients as a valuable practice, few systematic studies have explored this method. This collaborative art-based dissertation explored art therapists’ perceptions of what happens when art therapists create art alongside their clients in their group art therapy practices. Four group art therapists (3 females, 1 male) with 5–31 (median 8.5) years of experience contributed as coresearchers. They participated in six hours of semi-structured interviews that incorporated art-making and discussion. As the researcher, I used personal response art-making, creative writing, painting, and poetic responses to gain a holistic sense of the inquiry and generate four video summations. These summations identify and present the individual co-researchers’ ideas, thoughts, gestures, phrases, and concepts related to the research questions. Finally, I created a culminating video to synthesize outcomes from work with all co-researchers. The outcomes suggest that creating art alongside clients affects four interrelated aspects of group art therapy: (a) developing an egalitarian group environment, (b) expressing authentic leadership, (c) augmenting therapist presence, and (d) boosting group member engagement.

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艺术治疗师对在集体疗法实践中与客户一起创作艺术时会发生什么的看法

摘要尽管自艺术治疗领域成立以来的案例研究和个人账户讨论了与客户一起创造艺术品是一种有价值的实践，但很少有系统的研究探索这种方法。这项基于艺术的合作论文探讨了艺术治疗师对当艺术治疗师在其集体艺术治疗实践中与客户共同创作艺术时所发生的看法。四名具有5–31年（中位数8.5）经验的艺术治疗师（3名女性，1名男性）是核心研究人员。他们参加了六个小时的半结构化访谈，其中包括艺术创作和讨论。作为研究人员，我使用个人反应艺术创作，创作，绘画和诗意反应来获得整体的询问感，并生成四个视频摘要。这些总结确定并提出了各个共同研究者的想法，思想，手势，短语和与研究问题相关的概念。最后，我制作了一个最终的视频，以综合所有共同研究人员的工作成果。结果表明，与客户共同创造艺术会影响团体艺术治疗的四个相互关联的方面：（a）建立平等的团体环境；（b）表达真诚的领导才能；（c）扩大治疗师的存在；以及（d）促进团体成员的参与。