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Effectiveness of group psychodrama on aggression and social anxiety of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomized clinical trial Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2021-01-07 Azizollah Mojahed; Youns Zaheri; Mahboobeh Firoozkoohi Moqaddam
This study aimed to determine the effects of psychodrama-based group therapy on reducing aggression, social anxiety, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children. This clinical trial, with a pretest-posttest design and a two-month follow-up, involved 48 children (aged 8–12) at two hospitals in Iran. The participants were selected by available sampling and randomly divided
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Promoting kindergarten readiness using early intervention art therapy with Latinx farmworker children Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-31 Theresa Van Lith; Angela Quintero; Sarah Johns; Joseph G. Grzywacz
Latinx farmworker children are a vulnerable and disparate health population that confronts a myriad of threats to their emotional and behavioral health and subsequent development. Art therapy provides a potentially valuable and efficient strategy for preventing young children's mental health problems by providing a structured and engaging outlet for resolving the emotional sequelae of chronic adversity
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How do you know what you want? Service user views on decision aids for the arts therapies Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2021-01-09 Emma Millard; Lauren Hounsell; Jane Fernandes; Manjit Jakku; Krystal Boast; Olivia Church; Stefan Priebe; Catherine Carr
Service user preferences should be integrated into mental healthcare wherever possible, and providing information about the treatments on offer is essential for informed choice. Methods of presenting information about the arts therapies require consideration. This study sought to obtain service user opinions on three decision aids designed for the arts therapies. Five focus group workshops totalling
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Using artistic activities within experiential psychotherapy to alleviate the psychological consequences of female infertility Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2021-01-13 Ligiana Mihaela Petre; Maria Gemescu; Diana Bulgari
Female infertility is associated with a wide range of psychological consequences, including heightened depressive and anxiety symptoms, impaired quality of life, and self-esteem. Considering the paucity of data regarding psychological interventions tailored for female infertility, this case study is aimed at providing preliminary evidence related to the treatment protocol and outcomes of an experiential
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A Comparison of the Diagnostic Power of FEATS and Bender-Gestalt Test in Identifying the Problems of Students with and without Specific Learning Disorders Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2021-01-14 Mahnaz Akhavan Tafti; Zahra Rajabpour; Shirin Mohamadzadeh
Purpose This study compared the predictive power of specific categories of the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (FEATS) and Bender-Gestalt test in identifying the problems of students with SLDs. Method Forty elementary-school students with SLDs were selected from the SLD center of Babol, Iran, and 40 non-SLDs students were chosen from public schools, matched in terms of age, sex, and grade with the
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Dance, rhythm, and autism spectrum disorder: An explorative study Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2021-01-09 Phoebe O. Morris; Edward Hope; Tom Foulsham; John P. Mills
This topic of research moves the field of dance and movement therapy (DMT) into an area of clinical and social relevance by investigating the most beneficial features of rhythm and music for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The current literature suggests that rhythm, used both inside and outside of DMT, can improve communication skills and social development in children with
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Contemporary artworks as transformational objects in art psychotherapy museum groupwork Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2021-01-11 Elisabeth Ioannides; Aphrodite Pantagoutsou; Helen Jury
This paper examines two group art psychotherapy programs held in 2017 at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST). It focusses on three contemporary artworks by Kimsooja, Ilya Kabakov and Sophia Kosmaoglou belonging to the EMST collection and how working with these groups was explored through objects relations theory. The paper looks at how these artworks became evocative as transformational
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Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Quantitative results from a mixed method pilot study Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-25 Noah Hass-Cohen; Rebecca Bokoch; Katherine Goodman; Kristin J. Conover
This pilot study explored the effects of a psychosocial empirically supported arts drawing protocol for trauma on chronic pain reduction, positive and negative affect, as well as relationships and resources. Additional aims were to explore memory reconsolidation as a change factor in art therapy. The study examined three- and four-drawing protocols and two resource reminder conditions to evaluate which
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Effectiveness of group art therapy for mothers of children with disabilities Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-31 Ji Hyun Lee
The present study quantitatively examined the effectiveness of a group art therapy intervention using four standardized measurements assessing parenting stress, perceived stress, depression, and perceived social support. A total of 40 participants from multiple regions across Korea were included, and mothers in the art therapy intervention group (AG: n = 20) participated in 6 sessions of 100 min in
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Exploring the role and impact of visual art groups with multiple stakeholders in recovery-oriented mental health services Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-16 Tríona McCaffrey; Paula Higgins; Heidi Morrison; Siobhán Nelligan; Aoife Clancy; Pui Sze Cheung; Sinéad Moloney
This arts-based study explored the role and impact of visual art in supporting collaborative working between service users and staff in a recovery-oriented mental health service in Ireland. A total of two service users and five staff members took part in three visual art focus groups led by a qualified art therapist. Afterwards, service user and staff experiences of focus group participation was investigated
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The kinetic family in action: An intermodal assessment model Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-25 Neta Ram-Vlasov; Hod Orkibi
This paper presents the structured four-phase Kinetic Family in Action (KFiA) assessment model that aims to identify both implicit and explicit issues within the client’s family system to inform clinical practice. The KFiA assessment model is based on art therapy and psychodrama family work, and inspired by intermodal expressive arts therapy theory and practice. It involves a sequential process of
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An Evaluation of a Developmental Individualized Relationship (DIR®)-Based Creative Arts Therapies Program for Children with Autism Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-31 Faith Thayer; Bradley S. Bloomfield
Both developmental, individual, relationship-based (DIR®) and creative arts therapy (CAT) intervention methods have demonstrated positive effects for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); however, they have not been evaluated in combination. The study evaluated whether a DIR®-based CAT program met its stated goals to stimulate individualized social-emotional growth for children with ASD
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A single case study of art therapy in a child with Crohn’s disease Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-25 Hye Rok Oh; Yeo Ju Chung
This study investigated the potential role of art therapy as treatment for a child with Crohn’s disease. The subject was a 10-year old boy from a city in Korea, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at the age of nine. A 20-session art therapy program was conducted once a week from April to September 2019, with each session lasting 90 min. Through art therapy, we can understand the experience of Crohn’s
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Flowing towards freedom with multimodal creative therapy: The healing power of therapeutic arts for ex cult-members Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-03 Ailsa Parsons; Richard Turner; Hailee Ingleton; Linda Dubrow-Marshall; Maria Kefalogianni; Joanna Omylinska-Thurston; Vicky Karkou; Scott Thurston
Creative arts can play an important role for cult survivors in surviving, transcending and healing from their past realities. Flow – an empowering state of mind-body integration and skilful, intuitive action while engaged in a challenging yet enjoyable task (Csikszentmihalyi, 1997) – may be an important mechanism in arts therapies and may be especially impactful as an experience for cult survivors
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The mother’s perspective of body knowledge and expressions as a language in mother-infant relationships Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-07 Einat Shuper Engelhard; Julia Ayana Zaides; Dita Federman
Infant care engages the body, a fact that affects both the infant’s development and the mother-infant relationship. This study details the subjective experience of mothers during the postpartum period regarding the availability of their body knowledge in parenting and its effect on the mother’s performance and her relationship with her baby. Using a qualitative-phenomenological methodology, we recorded
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What makes us the same? What makes us different? Development of a shared model and manual of group therapy practice across art therapy, dance movement therapy and music therapy within community mental health care Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-08 Catherine Carr; Barbara Feldtkeller; Jennifer French; Dominik Havsteen-Franklin; Val Huet; Vicky Karkou; Stefan Priebe; Stephen Sandford
Arts therapies draw upon many theories and models of practice, but lack consensus in shared factors of their provision. In preparation for a randomised controlled trial involving art therapy, dance movement therapy and music therapy, we used experiential and practice-based methods to develop a model and manual for mixed diagnosis arts therapies groups in community mental health care. Six arts therapists
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Globalization in art therapy education: Multicultural training in South Korean context Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-02 Sojung Park; Kelvin Antonio Ramirez
This article offers initial strategies to develop a multicultural training model for graduate-level art therapy students within a learner’s cultural context, using South Korea as an example. All helping professions, including art therapy, have emphasized multicultural competence a mandated ability concerning ethical practice. However, scholarship has neglected the importance of developing multicultural
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Artistic creation in virtual reality for art therapy: A qualitative study with expert art therapists Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-02 Irit Hacmun; Dafna Regev; Roy Salomon
Recent advances in technology have enabled the creation of immersive digital environments commonly known as Virtual Reality (VR). The current study explored the potential of artistic creation in VR for art therapy (VRAT) from the perspective of expert art therapists. Seven expert art therapists participated in this study, all of whom experimented with creating visual art in VR and as observers. After
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Vicarious trauma and response art: A professional development workshop for psychotherapists working with survivors of trauma Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-12-02 Catherine Emmanuelle Drapeau; Marc-Simon Drouin; Pierre Plante
Psychotherapists working with newcomers, refugees and asylum seekers, who have survived trauma, indisputably face challenges. Though rewarding, their work is not without strain on their wellbeing and professional development: They may experience and be transformed by vicarious trauma (VT). Reflexivity may improve self-awareness and help mitigate VT. In the art therapy literature, it is posited response
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Associations Between Form, Content and Narrative in Person Picking an Apple from a Tree Drawings of Preschool Children Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-02 Adi Roth; Dana Golan Broder; Mazal Levy; Rafi Ishai; Michal Bat Or
Form and content layers of a drawing may communicate a maker’s subjective experience. However, research pertaining to associations between these two layers is scarce. This quantitative study focuses on associations between form and content layers in the Person Picking an Apple from a Tree drawings of 126 preschool children age 5-6.5 years. In addition, it explores the narrative focus of the drawings
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Effects of patient-preferred live music on positive and negative affect and pain with adults on a post-surgical oncology unit: A randomized study Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Madison Merry; Michael J. Silverman
Surgery is often the first treatment following a cancer diagnosis. In accordance with recommendations from the American Cancer Society related to emotional wellbeing, engaging post-operative oncology inpatients in psychosocial interventions may alleviate symptoms and elevate affective states. Therefore, the purpose of this single-session randomized study was to determine the immediate effects of patient-preferred
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Moving forwards with competence: Developing industry competency standards for dance movement therapists across Australasia Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-26 Kim Dunphy; Sandra Lauffenburger; Sally Denning
Competency standards are increasingly used in a range of vocations to provide the basis of benchmarks for professionals’ success in the workplace. They also provide measurement criteria for assessing the attainment of competency, which includes both proven skills and proven knowledge. While these standards are utilised in many health professions internationally, including arts and music therapies,
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Psychological well-being and graphic representations of self in child victims of violence Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Chiara Ionio; Eleonora Mascheroni
In this study, we had three aims: (a) to investigate whether child maltreatment facilitates the onset of internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS); (b) to explore through a standardized projective technique whether the image of the self in maltreated children is related to more inadequate personal resources and more archaic defense mechanisms; (c) to verify
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Logotherapy, existential analysis, music therapy: Theory and practice of meaning-oriented music therapy Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-12 Eric Pfeifer
Meaning is a distinct resource and indicator of human health and well-being. Meaning in life and the search for it predict subjective well-being. In logotherapy and existential analysis, the human will to meaning is considered the prime motivation in human life. Founded by Viktor Emil Frankl, this meaning-centered approach in psychotherapy is often called the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy
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Exploring the concept of social art through a single session art activity with asylum seekers Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-06 Tali Gil Schwartzberg; Ephrat PI Huss; Vered Slonim-Nevo
This paper describes a single-session Social Art intervention with a group of Eritrean migrant detainees in Israel during which they described their journey and created messages to the hegemonic Israeli society. The paper describes the protocol of the puzzle art intervention. It then presents the central themes within the asylum seekers’ art that include remembering home, the traumatic journey, arriving
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The mother-adolescent daughter relationship as embodied in joint dancing Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-06 Einat Shuper Engelhard
Relations between adolescent girls and their mothers are influenced by the emotional fluctuations during adolescence; they affect the consolidation of identity and separation; and, can be a source of tension and frustration. Though these topics are important, there is no observational tool with which to examine the implicit, non-verbal, aspects of the relationship between mothers and their adolescent
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Vision, concretism, repetitism. Typical artistic design features in drawings of adults with autism and intellectual disability Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Thomas Bergmann; Rosemarie Camatta; Joana Birkner; Tanja Sappok
Many people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) show a photographic memory and visual strength. Geometric forms and serial structures are described as characteristic features in autistic art. However, there is little awareness of the artistic expression of persons with ASD and an intellectual disability. In order to assess the specific design elements displayed in this group we developed a list of
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Characteristics of parent-child art psychotherapy in the education system Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-02 Rona Tamir; Dafna Regev
This study documents the specific characteristics of parent-child art psychotherapy practices in the education system, based on diaries recorded by four parent-child art therapists working in primary schools with six clients. Fifty-five journal entries recorded during 2016–2017 were analyzed according to the principles of Consensual Qualitative Research. The findings fall into six primary domains:
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The effect of psychodrama on quality of life and sleep in mothers of children with cerebral palsy Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-11-02 Caglar Simsek; Alper Mengi; Ebru Yilmaz Yalcinkaya
The different conditions such as impaired sleep quality, impaired quality of life and decreased psychological health have been reported in caregivers of children with disabilities. It was aimed in this study to determine if psychodrama intervention causes any change on the sleep and life quality of mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Psychodrama intervention in sessions of 2 h a week for 8 weeks
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Benefits of an open art studio to military suicide survivors Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-10-20 Sharon Strouse; Noah Hass-Cohen; Rebecca Bokoch
Suicide is a leading cause of death for military service members and societal taboos exacerbate the symptoms of those closest to the deceased. Research on treatment options for this population is limited. This mixed methods evaluation of the Artful Grief Studio for military suicide survivors at the Tragedy Assistant Program for Survivors demonstrated significant results and meaningful findings. Quantitative
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Feasibility and acceptability of the resilience songwriting program for adolescent bereavement Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Katherine Myers-Coffman; Caitlin Krater; Miquel Shanine; Joke Bradt
The Resilience Songwriting Program (RSP) for adolescent bereavement aims to offer a space for adolescents to nurture strengths and inner resources while also processing grief alongside peers. This study explored the feasibility and acceptability of the RSP with five males and five females (ages 11–17 years) who self-identified as grieving. Implemented as eight, 90-minute sessions at two community-based
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Filmmaking and video as therapeutic tools: Case studies on autism spectrum disorder Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Valeria Saladino; Anna Chiara Sabatino; Chiara Iannaccone; Grazia Maria Giovanna Pastorino; Valeria Verrastro
Previous researches on Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show the difficulty in supporting and taking care of these individuals, especially during adolescence. In our study a psychotherapist and a director involve two couples of ASD participants both adolescents in a therapeutic filmmaking and cinematherapy project, building their personal short film of which are both directors and main characters of
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Efficacy of Emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in young adult students: A multiple-case study design Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-10-20 Sonja Aalbers; Marinus Spreen; Kim Pattiselanno; Peter Verboon; Annemieke Vink; Susan van Hooren
Depression is a serious mental health problem. Therefore, Emotion-regulating Improvisational Music Therapy (EIMT) to prevent depression was developed. The main purpose of this study was to assess effects of EIMT on reducing depressive symptoms in young adult students. A multiple-case study design was used with multiple methods. Eleven cases (female students) were completed and analysed. Nine out of
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The First 15 Minutes in Art Therapy: Painting a Picture from the Past Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-10-19 Suzanne Haeyen; Lisa Hinz
Many affective experiences and learning processes including attachment patterns from early developmental phases manifest during psychotherapy. The first 15 minutes in art therapy can potentially reveal clients’ preferred ways of processing information or Expressive Therapies Continuum components, attachment patterns in the material handling process, and emotion regulation strategies during art making
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The effect of psychodrama sessions on psychotic symptoms, depression, quality of life, and sociometric measures in patients with chronic schizophrenia Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-10-14 O. Mortan Sevi; M.C. Ger; F. Kaya; B. Maşalı
This study aimed to analyze the effect of psychodrama sessions on symptomatology in chronic schizophrenia inpatients and to evaluate the sociometric variances across groups. A psychiatrist and a psychiatric nurse assessed the symptomatology of 31 patients at pre- and post-treatment. Two sociometric assessments were carried out during sessions. A total of 19 psychodrama sessions were held weekly. Data
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Children drawing violence: To what extent does it reflect actual experience Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-10-06 Rachel Lev-Wiesel; Meital Hazan; Milanya Daniel; Vera German; Zeeva Finger; Susan Weinger; Bussakorn Binson
Violence against children is a prevalent worldwide phenomenon. Based on evidence that drawings may reveal unconscious conflicts and difficulties, the current study examined violence as reflected in children's drawings and narratives. Specifically, the study attempted to determine the extent to which the drawings and narratives express the child's personal experience of violence. A convenient sample
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Using an inclusive therapeutic theatre production to teach self-advocacy skills in young people with disabilities Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-09-28 Angelle Cook
This quantitative study utilized an inclusive therapeutic theatre production for young people with disabilities, mental illness, and medical conditions to establish if involvement in the production could affect self-advocacy skills, specifically, assertiveness. In the literature, assertiveness has been documented as a subcomponent of self-advocacy. The therapeutic theatre intervention thematically
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Investigating impact: The effects of school-based art therapy on adolescent boys living in poverty Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-09-06 Kelvin Ramirez; Craig Haen; Robyn Flaum Cruz
Objective This study assessed the effectiveness of group art therapy in improving social and emotional issues for adolescent boys of color living in poverty. Methods The sample consisted of 162 male ninth graders in the South Bronx; 70 % identified as Latinx and 24 % as African American. For 6 months, one pre-existing class from each of three academic tracks (Honors, Average, and At-Risk) was randomly
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Therapeutic songwriting to address distress tolerance for adults on an acute care mental health unit: A pilot study Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-09-25 Michael J. Silverman
The Stress Vulnerability Model describes how stressors can function as a precursor for mental health episodes that may result in hospitalization. As such, it is crucial for people with mental health conditions to be able to anticipate and tolerate distress. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effects of a group therapeutic songwriting intervention on distress tolerance with adults
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Lyric analysis in adult mental health settings: An exploratory interpretivist study of music therapists’ clinical decision-making processes Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-09-12 Melody R.P. Schuldt; Michael J. Silverman
Music therapists frequently use lyric analysis interventions in adult mental health settings. As clinical decision making (CDM) represents an important process in providing effective and quality care, it is crucial to gain an understanding of music therapists’ experiences and expertise to establish best practices. Therefore, the purpose of this exploratory interpretivist study was to investigate the
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The body in the mind – Assessing the phenomenal self through paintings created by gynaecological cancer survivors Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-08-13 Anna Gerge; Inge Nygaard Pedersen; Gustavo Gattino; Margareta Wärja
Differences in neuroception, namely different experienced activation patterns of the central nervous system, are predicted to appear as recognizable signs in pictorial artefacts conducted by clients. As an external validation, 65 pictures produced within a randomized trial with parallel treatment arms were analysed according to assessment tool criteria. Research participants were gynaecological cancer
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Towards sustainable implementation of music in daily care of people with dementia and their spouses. Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-09-11 Ayelet Dassa,Michal Rosenbach,Avi Gilboa
Primary caregivers (PCs) of people with dementia deal with stressful daily living, especially spouses whose care recipient is at home. Several programs have been developed to aid caregiving by providing musical strategies, yet successful sustainable implementation of music in the daily lives of the couples awaits further research and development. To promote this, in this pilot study we proposed a music
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East Asian dance/movement therapy educators’ experiences of teaching dance/movement therapy in East Asia after training in the US Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-09-14 Kyung Soon Ko
This qualitative study aimed to explore the lived teaching experiences of native East Asian dance/movement therapy (DMT) educators who completed their DMT education in the US, and then returned to their home countries to teach. The researcher intended to learn how participants adapted what they had learned to teach DMT to students in East Asia, including their challenges and successes. Six participants
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Resilience Enhancement in Parents of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder through Dance Movement Psychotherapy Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-09-04 Supritha Aithal; Vicky Karkou; Gnanavel Kuppusamy
Raising children with an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) can have an impact on the wellbeing of parents. However, emotional support for raising children with ASD is not always readily available and/or carefully considered. Interventions that offer psychological support using body-based creative approaches to psychotherapy such as Dance Movement Psychotherapy (DMP) are scarce; research in this field
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Culturally sensitive dance movement therapy for ultra-orthodox women: Group protocol targeting bodily and psychological self-perceptions Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-09-03 Gail Suskin, Michal Al-Yagon
This study explored a manual-based group intervention protocol for culturally sensitive short-term dance/movement therapy, as possibly contributing to bodily and psychological perceptions in a unique sample of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women. The insulated, restrictive Ultra-Orthodox society prescribes distinct gender roles, modesty, and strong regulation of women’s physical, sexual, and reproductive lives
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Sexism and cisgenderism in music therapy spaces: An exploration of gender microaggressions experienced by music therapists Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 Kristen McSorley
Gender microaggressions are everyday assaults, insults, or invalidations that occur towards persons with marginalized gender identities (including trans/cis women, trans men, and nonbinary persons). As music therapy spaces are microcosms for larger sociopolitical contexts, music therapists are prone to enacting microaggressions verbally, non-verbally, and musically. In this narrative inquiry, semi-structured
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Developing the professional identity of art therapy students as reflected in art therapy simulation sessions Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-08-26 Dganit Eyal-Cohen, Dafna Regev, Sharon Snir, Michal Bat-Or
The current study examined central themes in the developing professional identity of art therapy students that emerged in simulated art therapy sessions during academic coursework. Sixteen female art therapy students in their second year of their M.A. took part in six to eight simulated art therapy sessions. They were divided into pairs where one was the viewer ("therapist") and the other was the creator
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Effect of art psychotherapy using marbling art on depression, anxiety, and hopelessness in female survivors of domestic violence with PTSD Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-08-15 Aysun Aktaş Özkafacı, Nurhan Eren
This study examined the effect of art psychotherapy using marbling art on depression, anxiety, and hopelessness in female survivors of domestic violence with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study was carried out with eight female survivors of domestic violence using an art psychotherapy method with 14 structured marbling art sessions. Quantitative data were collected using the Beck Hopelessness
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The effectiveness of combining mindfulness and art-making on depression, anxiety and shame in sexual assault victims: A pilot study Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-08-15 Golfam Goodarzi, Kheirollah Sadeghi, Aliakbar Foroughi
This article describes an 8-week intervention program for 16 female sexual assault victims in Iran aged 20–49. Sexual assault causes negative psychological consequences such as depression, anxiety and shame in victims. Although evidence-based treatments are effective in trauma treatment, they sometimes cannot cover the therapeutic needs of all patients and they have high dropout rates. The purpose
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A gender-sensitive intervention in jail: A study of Italian men convicted of assaulting women or femicide Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-08-14 Ines Testoni, Mara Pedot, Maibrit Arbien, Shoshi Keisari, Evelina Cataldo, Consuelo Ubaldi, Lucia Ronconi, Adriano Zamperini
Gender-based violence is deeply rooted in hegemonic masculinity and patriarchy, the source of both hostile and benevolent sexism. This study is an assessment of a gender-sensitive intervention realized through photo-based therapy and psychodrama, conducted in 9 sessions with 9 male prisoners detained in north-eastern Italy who are convicted of assaulting or murdering women. The research adopted a qualitative
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The healing effect of goal-oriented dance and movement therapy in schizophrenia: A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-08-11 Arif Gökcen, Gamze Ekici, Hatice Abaoğlu, Duygu Tiryaki Şen
This study was designed as a rater-blinded, randomized, controlled study conducted in a community mental health center. The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a goal-oriented dance and movement therapy (DMT) on symptomatology and functional remission in people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Thirty-two adults diagnosed with schizophrenia (ages 18–65) were randomly assigned to intervention
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Drawing on the brain: An ALE meta-analysis of functional brain activation during drawing Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-08-06 Frances J. Griffith, Verner P. Bingman
Art therapy researchers and practitioners are increasingly interested in the brain mechanisms underlying art therapy, an investigation area associated with almost no neuroimaging research. Lusebrink (2010) hypothesized that expression at different levels of the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) would be supported by different patterns of functional brain activation. In the current study, we tested
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Receptive music therapy to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Italian clinical staff involved in COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary study. Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-07-15 Filippo Giordano,Elide Scarlata,Mariagrazia Baroni,Eleonora Gentile,Filomena Puntillo,Nicola Brienza,Loreto Gesualdo
The influence of music therapy (MT) as a support intervention to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Clinical Staff (CS) working with COVID-19 patients was evaluated. Participants were enrolled as a result of spontaneous agreement (n = 34) and were given remote receptive MT intervention over a 5-week period. Their levels of tiredness, sadness, fear and worry were measured with MTC-Q1 before and
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The effects of combining art psychotherapy with pharmacotherapy in treating major depressive disorder: Randomized control study Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-07-15 Han Choi, Dong-Jin Jung, Yo-Han Jeon, Min Ji Kim
Retrospectively registered randomized controlled trial (RCT) study sought to investigate the effects of a six-week art psychotherapy in the treatment of 49 adult patients already receiving pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder (MDD). To achieve this objective, the combined therapy’s primary effects on depressive symptoms, anxiety, interpersonal relationships, and self-esteem were examined,
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Maternal representations in mother-infant relationship drawings by third trimester primigravidae Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-07-13 Sharon Snir, Ofra Shofar, Shirley Rechtman, Liat Cohen-Yatziv
This mixed-methods art-based study probed pictorial expressions in mother and infant relationship drawings. The participants were 45 women in the third trimester of their first pregnancies, who produced a mother-infant relationship drawing and filled out self-report questionnaires relating to maternal representation. The drawings were subjected to Phenomenological Analysis, which resulted in a list
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The experience of art therapists who work in private practice when retaining clients' artworks after therapy termination* Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-07-11 Motti Salomon, Shai Levinger
This study explored how art therapists experience the retention of clients' artworks after therapy termination. Thirteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with art therapists working in private practice and were subsequently analyzed according to Charmaz's grounded theory approach. Three main categories emerged: 1. "The motivation to retain artworks": how this relates to the needs of both clients
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Emotional benefits of brief creative movement and art interventions Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-07-11 Nicole Zimmermann, Heather Harden Mangelsdorf
The objective of this study was to determine if either creative movement or art were effective at decreasing stress among college students and improving their mood. Sixty participants were randomly assigned to either a movement (n = 30) or an art (n = 30) intervention. Before the intervention, participants in both conditions wrote about a current stressor, rated their perceived intensity of the stressor
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Painting together: A parent-child dyadic art therapy group Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Shona Lavey-Khan, Dean Reddick
The Painting Together Group was a slow open group which used art making, play and talking to strengthen parent-child relationships. This 10-month pilot was co facilitated by Shona Lavey-Khan, a CAMHS clinical psychologist and Dean Reddick, an art therapist working in a local authority nursery school and children’s centre. This report evaluates the pilot group using both quantitative data and an analysis
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Prenatal vestibular stimulation as dance (VES-D) program: A mixed methods feasibility study Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-07-09 Azucena Verdín
This study used a mixed-methods design to examine the acceptability of a dance program for pregnant women, the feasibility of conducting home-based assessments of newborn infants using a non-invasive attention task, and the suitability of the outcome measure. Prenatal vestibular-stimulation-as-dance (VES-D) was informed by Laban movement theories, modern dance technique, and pregnant hunter-gatherer’s
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A neurological rationale for music therapy to address social connectivity among individuals with substance use disorders Arts Psychother. (IF 1.322) Pub Date : 2020-06-30 Sonia Bourdaghs, Michael J. Silverman
Millions of people in the United States seek treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) each year, highlighting the importance of effective treatments for this social dilemma. SUD are characterized by long-term neurological changes and continued consumption of substances despite negative consequences. We conducted a narrative review of research highlighting the intersections between addictive substances
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