ABSTRACT This study examined the experiences of parents who took part in an art-based parental training model (ABPT). The purpose of the study was to better understand how parents who engage in ABPT intervention sessions define the significance and impact of these interventions. Data analysis of interviews with 18 parents (four of whom were couples) revealed four key themes: parents’ experiences with the art materials and the artistic process during the ABPT sessions, parents’ experiences in terms of the functions of art-based interventions in parental training sessions, the parents’ views on the impact of ABPT on their relationship with their child, their spouse and the art therapist, and parents’ experiences with respect to the therapeutic setting in ABPT. These findings should contribute to a more robust characterisation of ABPT from the standpoint of parents in treatment. Plain-language summary Art-based parental training is provided to parents whose children are currently in art therapy. The goal is to engage parents to work with art materials, discuss art making and the creative process with the therapist, and explore their behaviour with their child. Since same therapist works with the parents and the child, this allows parents to acquire a fuller understanding of their own psychological development and their ability to parent. In this study 18 parents interviewed about their experiences with the art materials, their sense of the creative process, their psychological reactions to art based training as they engaged in art making, and changes in their thoughts about their own creative processes. More broadly the parents were asked to reflect on the ways in which art based training impacted their relationship with their child and family dynamics in general. The key findings was that art based training enabled these parents to connect better with their children’s experiences, and voice more approval of their children. Art based parental training not only taps the ‘child’ which is often forgotten or is a distant memory but enabled parents to accept the child within them. This led to reconsiderations of their roles a parent. Most parents indicated that they were more cognisant of their children’s difficulties as a result of the art based programme, in particular when the artworks revealed parts of themselves and their children.

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以艺术为基础的家长培训（ABPT）——家长的经验

摘要 本研究调查了参加基于艺术的父母培训模式 (ABPT) 的父母的经历。该研究的目的是更好地了解参与 ABPT 干预会议的父母如何定义这些干预措施的重要性和影响。对 18 位家长（其中 4 位是夫妻）的访谈数据分析揭示了四个关键主题：家长在 ABPT 课程中对艺术材料和艺术过程的体验，家长在家长艺术干预中的功能体验。培训课程，父母对 ABPT 对他们与孩子、配偶和艺术治疗师的关系的影响的看法，以及父母在 ABPT 治疗环境方面的经验。从治疗中父母的角度来看，这些发现应该有助于对 ABPT 进行更强有力的表征。简明语言摘要 为孩子目前正在接受艺术治疗的父母提供基于艺术的父母培训。目标是让父母参与使用艺术材料，与治疗师讨论艺术制作和创作过程，并与孩子一起探索他们的行为。由于同一位治疗师与父母和孩子一起工作，这使父母能够更全面地了解自己的心理发展和为人父母的能力。在这项研究中，18 位家长采访了他们对艺术材料的体验、他们对创作过程的感受、他们在从事艺术创作时对艺术培训的心理反应，以及他们对自己创作过程的想法的变化。更广泛地说，父母被要求反思基于艺术的培训如何影响他们与孩子的关系以及整个家庭的动态。主要发现是，基于艺术的培训使这些父母能够更好地了解孩子的经历，并表达对孩子的更多认可。以艺术为基础的父母培训不仅挖掘经常被遗忘或遥远记忆的“孩子”，而且使父母能够接受他们内心的孩子。这导致重新考虑他们作为父母的角色。大多数家长表示，由于艺术课程，他们更能意识到孩子的困难，尤其是当艺术作品展示了他们自己和孩子的一部分时。