This art-based collaborative research study explored the perceptions of four group art therapists who engaged in the practice of creating art alongside their clients. It aimed to explore the challenges these art therapists perceive to be associated with their practice of in-session artmaking through a series of in-depth interviews incorporating discussion and artmaking. Analysis included coding of interview transcripts, reviewing art, and isolating video and audio clips which were first organized into video summations and then refined into a culminating video. Outcomes included three contemporary risks associated with creating alongside clients and four skills therapists in this study developed to mitigate these challenges: (a) multitasking, (b) shifting awareness, (c) letting go of control, and (d) media awareness. The study provides a practical discussion of how experienced art therapists apply this practice and suggests skills that may be needed to successfully manage potential challenges. It also adds the term “companioning artmaking” to the literature. This inclusive term describes the practice of creating art in the presence of group members to be with and beside them while acting as a role model and companion.

这项基于艺术的合作研究研究探索了四位团体艺术治疗师与客户一起从事艺术创作实践的看法。它旨在通过一系列包含讨论和艺术创作的深度访谈，探讨这些艺术治疗师认为与会期艺术创作实践相关的挑战。分析包括采访记录的编码，评论艺术以及视频和音频片段的隔离，这些片段首先被组织成视频摘要，然后被精炼成最终的视频。结果包括与与客户共同创造相关的三个当代风险，以及为缓解这些挑战而开发的本研究中的四名技能治疗师：（a）多任务处理，（b）转移意识，（c）放开控制权和（d）媒体意识。该研究提供了有关经验丰富的艺术治疗师如何应用该实践的实用讨论，并提出了成功应对潜在挑战可能需要的技能。它还在文学作品中添加了“陪伴艺术创作”一词。这个包含性术语描述了在团体成员在场的情况下与他人在一起并作为榜样和伴侣时创造艺术的实践。