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Art therapy in a multidisciplinary team with young men in prison International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Kate Anya Geraghty, Laura Jane Vahabzadeh, Rose Simonet
People in prison often present with histories of trauma that can be difficult to process in the volatile prison environment. This article seeks to advance our understanding of the benefits of art t...
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Community art therapy (CAT): learning from art therapy graduate students’ perceptions International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Tami Gavron, Sharon Snir, Yael Berkovsky, Stav Azoulay, Lia Dor, Noya Franko, Lynn Hirsh, Ayala Kadosh Braun, Achinoam Kline, Keren Meir, Revital Peretz, Orli Porat, Yarden Segal
In recent years, therapeutic approaches in the field of art therapy have gone beyond clinical models to include community models that emphasize the potential of art to influence communities in dist...
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Exploring relationships through art therapy for children with specific learning disabilities International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Adi Greenboim-Zimchoni
Children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) may experience distress and low self-esteem in their relationships.This exploratory research explored (1) how art therapy contributes to understan...
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Social value of culturally informed art therapy for military and emergency services International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Henry Bowen, Claire Hutchinson, Jocelyn Kernot, Amy Baker, Miriam Posselt, Kobie Boshoff
Defence and Emergency Services personnel are exposed to a high number of traumatic events during their employment, which may result in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Art therapy serves as a...
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The One-Canvas model as a visual container for the researcher-supervisor International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Vika Lis-Ron, Tami Gavron, Michal Bat-Or
This article presents an art-based heuristic study of the author’s experiences as the supervisor of an art-based supervision group using the One-Canvas model that involves using response art in art...
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Addressing traumatic experiences of cis-heterosexism with LGBTQIA+ clients in art therapy International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Zachary D. Van Den Berg
A case is made for the value of art therapy in addressing traumatic interpersonal and structural experiences of cis-heterosexist violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and...
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Correction International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2024-01-24
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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‘Submission' International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Trina Hobson
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 4, 2023)
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Art therapy in times of conflict: supporting appreciation of diversity and difference? International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Sarah Haywood
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 4, 2023)
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Correction International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-12-06
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 4, 2023)
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Longing and belonging: making mobiles in art therapy with young Ukrainian refugees International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Jess Gordon
Displaced young people are at risk of adverse effects on their psychological wellbeing due to their experiences of war and resettlement. Art therapy can offer a safe space in which to address traum...
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Individual versus sequential: the potential of comic creation in art therapy International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Christine Phang
Research suggests that comics are effective at conveying narratives, promoting literacy, empowerment, and as a therapeutic intervention. However, there is a gap in research on the use of comics in ...
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Landscape of loss: art therapy outdoors and traumatic bereavement International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Ashlynn Wardle
This paper describes art therapy sessions outdoors with a six-year-old child following multiple adverse childhood experiences and a recent bereavement of a relative who died by suicide.Art therapy ...
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‘You drew my tears’: attunement in making response art alongside the client International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Sarah Warren
Background: During lockdown, I began exploring the use of response art while working with individual adult clients in private practice online. At times, the contributions it made to the therapy see...
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The TT-AT trauma protocol piloted in different international settings: Zambia, UK, Italy International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Joanna Pearce, Lillian Njobo, Emma Mills, Alessandra Agnese, Paola Luzzatto
Art therapists have worked with traumatised individuals from the very beginning. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of art therapy in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex...
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The art of supporting identity following a life-limiting diagnosis: a systematic review International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Holly Dyer
This systematic review of art psychotherapy literature explored how art therapy or artmaking may support patient identity after a life-limiting diagnosis.Previous research shows the value of art th...
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Early-career art therapists reflecting client art in clinical notes: a thematic study International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Kim Morgan
Background: Like other health care professionals, art therapists are required to write clinical notes. As well as following general rules regarding this practice, art therapists must consider how c...
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Civilian participants’ responses to veteran artwork: exploring empathy and understanding International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Jennifer Marie DeLucia, Emma Rathe, Celena Moulton, Jordan S. Potash
Military-to-civilian transition is complicated for U.S. veterans when civilians lack detailed knowledge of their experiences and military culture.The purpose of this research was to: (1) examine th...
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Art-based self-care during COVID-19 International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Jee Hyun Kim
ABSTRACT Background The COVID-19 global pandemic was a profoundly traumatic experience, in which healthcare workers were stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed as they laboured amidst chaos, upheaval, and mounting death. During such challenging and uncertain times, it is imperative to prioritise self-care in order to maintain mental and emotional wellbeing. Aims This study explored the impact of an art-based
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Art therapy research within emergency shelters, military museums, secure care, schools, and communities International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Zoe Moula
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 3, 2023)
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‘Untitled’ International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-08-30 Emmanuelle Bertaud
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 3, 2023)
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Cutting and pasting in adults’ descriptions of experiences of secrets in childhood International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Tal Sela, Michal Bat-Or
ABSTRACT Background In light of recent research and a growing understanding of the destructive repercussions of secrecy and concealment, unique interventions are required. Aims This article, part of an art-based qualitative-phenomenological study, explores the subjective experiences of adults who grew up under secrecy. Methods The research utilised art therapy, readymade art, the creation of stories
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Integrating Group Cognitive Behavioural, Art Psychotherapy for women following childhood sexual abuse International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Rosemary Carter, Sarah Wigington, Barry O-Mahony, Rebekah Coates, Sally Crisp
ABSTRACT Background: Despite the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse, and the number of adults referred to secondary mental services with symptoms of mental distress or disorder who report such a history, there is little in the way of specific recommendations for treatment approaches. Aims: We wanted to consider the effectiveness of a combined Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Art Psychotherapy
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Correction International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-21
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Art therapy, intersectionality and services for women in the criminal justice system International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Hanna Hewins
ABSTRACT Women in the criminal justice system are a diverse yet marginalised group, living with the most dangerous of intersectional oppressions. Women from the Global Majority face a "double disadvantage" (Agenda, 2017). Prison is evidenced as the least effective place for women, yet prison places have increased and gender-informed services are inadequate. These obstructions to healing from trauma
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A qualitative evaluation of an outdoor arts therapies group International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Tim Wright, Verity Blakeman, Tanya Andrew, Sarah Labovitch
ABSTRACT Aim To understand service user and therapist experiences of an outdoor arts therapies group, their views on its benefits and challenges. Background There is a lack of systematic research on the effectiveness of outdoor arts therapies. This article presents a systematic, qualitative evaluation of an outdoors arts therapies intervention for adults with mental health problems in the United Kingdom
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Dialogic-reflection for the development of critical thinking in international art-based psychosocial research International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Sharon Snir, Tami Gavron
In recent years, in the face of natural disasters, mass migration and war in a globalising world, professionals from Western societies are conducting art-based psychosocial interventions to support...
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Developmental art therapeutic program (ArAT) in the treatment of children and adolescents with psychosocial problems International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Liesbeth Bosgraaf, Marinus Spreen, Kim Pattiselanno, Susan van Hooren
ABSTRACT Background The program Affect regulating Art(s) Therapy(ies) (ArAT) has been developed to address self regulation problems in children and adolescents with psychosocial problems. Therapeutic actions are hypothesised to be applied sequentially across three treatment phases: a tension regulation phase, an attention regulation phase, and an affect regulation phase. This study aimed to investigate
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Intersectionality and art therapy International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Corrina Eastwood, Alex McDonald, Dr Dwight Turner, Professor Patrick Vernon OBE
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 1-2, 2023)
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Experiences and impacts of visual art-based interventions on perinatal well-being: an integrative review International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Joanne Harris, Rebecca Nowland, Jayneequa Peart, Gill Thomson
ABSTRACT Background The first 1000 days (conception to 2 years postnatal) are crucial for parent and infant health. Visual art-based interventions are used to promote positive parental mental health, but currently, there are no comprehensive insights into how these interventions can support new parents during this critical perinatal period. Aims To synthesise research on visual art-based interventions
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“You’re black, I’m black”: art therapy, race, autism, and domestic abuse International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Nyamka Nevers-Ashton
ABSTRACT Background This paper explores how making art alongside clients supported a relational intersectional approach and aided the development of an attuned therapeutic relationship with Matthieu (pseudonym), a Black-British autistic adolescent who experienced domestic violence. Context The art therapy intervention took place at a Special Educational Needs (SEN) secondary school. Authenticity and
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More than words: community ignition and actions for change International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Corrina Eastwood
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 1-2, 2023)
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Transracial adoption: art therapists’ views on facilitating children's racial and adoptive identity International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Ella Morrison-Derbyshire
ABSTRACT Background There is an absence of research on working with transracially adopted children in the UK. This suggests the need to provide insight into how art psychotherapy practice can be used to explore the transracially adopted child's lived experience of navigating their racial and adoptive identity. The theory of intersectionality highlights the importance of recognising marginalised categories
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‘Even the moon fell from the sky’ International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Rebecca Fellows
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 1-2, 2023)
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Art therapy with an autistic person with learning disabilities: communication and emotional regulation International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Andrew Christopher Wright
Art therapy with an autistic person with learning disabilities: communication and emotional regulation.This study focuses on a six-week art therapy programme with an autistic adult, who also has a ...
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Art and other group therapies with adolescents in inpatient mental health care International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Sarah Versitano, Gretel Butler, Iain Perkes
ABSTRACT Background Group programmes are a common component of treatment in inpatient child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) units. There is evidence for specific group interventions, however, comparison across a multidisciplinary group programme is under-explored. Aims This research examines young people's experiences of, and satisfaction with, a multidisciplinary group programme on an
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An art therapy education response: linking inequality and intersectional identity International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Chris Wood, Jacqui Mckoy-Lewens
ABSTRACT Background An account of how one Art Therapy training course links information about inequalities with the theory of intersectionality. In trying to understand intersectionality, the course community questions how clients and therapists respond to and experience health inequalities and discrimination. For both, there may be the pain of being ‘othered’ and the effects of unconscious privilege
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It's all about the journey! An online museum-based recovery-oriented art psychotherapy group International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-13 Jessica Marian Goodman-Casanova, Ali Coles, Daniel Cuesta-Lozano, Fermin Mayoral-Cleries
ABSTRACT Background Whilst there is evidence of the value of museums for art psychotherapy, evidence about online groups to improve mental health recovery is still scarce. The aim was to assess the impact on mental health recovery of an online museum-based recovery-oriented art psychotherapy group. Context The group was designed to help adults under the care of a UK community mental health team with
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Reclaiming the space: art therapy & post-abortion experience through an intersectional feminist lens International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Natalia Talamagka (she/ her)
This paper explores post-abortion experience and identifies key themes that may arise while working with individuals who have had an abortion. This paper aims to revisit and deconstruct the issue o...
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Museum-based art therapy and wellbeing programme: experiences of veterans with PTSD International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Julia Baumann, Natasha Biscoe, Karen Burnell, Janice Lobban, Dominic Murphy
Engaging in creative arts and heritage have both been shown to improve wellbeing.Aim: The aim of the current study was to explore veterans’ experiences of attending the Creative Wellbeing Programme...
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Enhancing intersectional thinking in the gallery: opportunities for art therapists-in-training International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Ashley Hartman, Brita Krempasky, Quinn Waltman, Hannah Muller, Madison Solano
ABSTRACT Intersectional thinking has been increasingly emphasised in the field of art therapy in connection to ethical practice. This article demonstrates examples of graduate art therapy trainees who participated in a collaboratively curated community-based social justice exhibition as a form of advocacy, serving as a way to expand intersectional thinking and self-reflexivity beyond the classroom
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Collective storytelling: art and film to process an unexpected loss International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Mary Andrus
This qualitative arts-based research study examined the experience of graduate art therapy students, who were in the middle of their degree when their university abruptly closed. Once the program w...
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Art therapy in acute inpatient care International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Joanne Noble, Simon Hackett
There is a long tradition of offering art therapy to inpatients. NICE guidelines (2009 p.25) recommend considering offering ‘arts therapies to all people with psychosis or schizophrenia, particular...
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How does skin colour affect the therapeutic relationship in art psychotherapy? International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Janina Sochanik
ABSTRACT A recent seismic shift has brought issues of race and privilege into the collective consciousness, namely the global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. This article looks at the consequences of not addressing power and White privilege in the art therapy room. Adopting an intersectional self-reflexive approach, this article presents my experience as a trainee art psychotherapist
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Creating ‘art-alongside’ in Peer Art Therapy (PATh) groups: nurturing connection and trust, and responding to power dynamics International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Mahlie Jewell, Catherine Camden-Pratt
ABSTRACT Background: Creating ‘art-alongside’ in peer art therapy groups: connection, trust, and power dynamics. Practice Contexts: Online, private practice; peer-focused PATh group and PATh group with people within the LGBTQA + community. Face-to-face, non-government organisation; art therapy groups with people living with cancer. Approach: Peer art therapists enter therapeutic spaces alongside their
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Shifting the narrative: an intersectional exploration of art therapy in the Caribbean International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Kim Valldejuli, Lesli-Ann Belnavis Elliott
ABSTRACT Art therapy is a global practice that is grounded in Eurocentric approaches. As a result, art therapy training may often lack inclusivity, perpetuate systemic racism and bias and fail to address and explore cultural practices and experiences of students and clients from and based in the English-speaking Caribbean. We believe there is a critical need for a more robust intersectional approach
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Language is power: anti-oppressive, conscious language in art therapy practice International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Alex Kapitan, Lynn Kapitan
ABSTRACT Language not only expresses but shapes how we understand the world, each other, and ourselves. Words serve a key role in maintaining cultural norms and values regarding which experiences and identities are considered valuable, normal, and powerful and which are considered abnormal, pathological, and even nonhuman. As such, there is no objective, least-offensive, neutral language that does
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Correction International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-02-17
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 28, No. 3, 2023)
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The efficacy of art therapy on hope and resilience in youth within a secure care centre International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2023-01-09 Barbara Collins, Olena Helen Darewych, Daniel J. Chiacchia
Art therapy is one rehabilitation treatment which enables youth in secure care to express unresolved conflicts, increase self-esteem, and gain insight to personal experiences in a creative and supp...
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Home representations of at-risk children in an emergency shelter International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Ofir Shtern-Eden, Michal Bat Or
Research is limited about the home representations of at-risk preschool children staying in emergency shelter care.To examine representations of home in the house drawings and play narratives of ei...
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Outcomes of professional training in online arts therapies in the education system International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-12-13 Shir Korman-Hacohen, Dafna Regev, Efrat Roginsky
The COVID pandemic has caused uncertainty, anxiety and instability. Within educational frameworks, many arts therapists needed to shift rapidly to working online. This abrupt transition has challen...
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‘Untitled’ International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-11-21 Dave Rankin
Published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Formerly Inscape (Vol. 27, No. 4, 2022)
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Exploring intimate partner violence survivors’ experiences with group art therapy International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Michelle Skop, Olena Helen Darewych, Jennifer Root, Julie Mason
ABSTRACT Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the major health and human rights issues of our time, affecting one in three women worldwide. Despite IPV’s prevalence, limited research investigates the healing process for survivors or the efficacy of group art therapy (GAT). This study is grounded by a person-centred approach to art therapy and an interpretive method, highlighting the
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Obesity prevention: a pilot study on community workshops delivered by art therapists International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-11-02 Rebecca Bokoch, Noah Hass-Cohen, Grace Fowler, Lisa Liu
Overweightness, obesity, pre-diabetes, and type 2 diabetes are prevalent and associated with additional physical and mental health problems in the US.The primary aims were to explore the potential ...
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Cross-cultural art therapy in the virtual realm: reimagining cultural proficiency in Kenya International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Kim Valldejuli, Sarah Vollmann
ABSTRACT Background This article describes a remote psychosocial art therapy group for educators in Kenya, led by a Barbadian and an American art therapist, and explores cross-cultural considerations. Context Intervention took place in Kibera, Kenya, an economically disadvantaged urban area, in 2020–2021. Group participants explored experiences of trauma and loss, as illustrated in art therapy case
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Measurement and development of art therapeutic actions in the treatment of children and adolescents with psychosocial problems International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Liesbeth Bosgraaf, Marinus Spreen, Kim Pattiselanno, Susan van Hooren
Many childhoods and adolescent psychosocial problems involve dysfunctional emotion regulation. A programme has been developed called Affect regulating Arts Therapies (ArAT) to address emotion regul...
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Dual-cultural identities: An analysis of images by Arab art therapists in Israel International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Sarit Bar Zaken, Sophie D. Walsh
The study explores the integration that art therapists from a collective society, such as the Arab society in Israel, a minority in a mostly Western society, create between the knowledge they acqui...
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Trauma triptych: inviting cross-disciplinary collaboration in art therapy, social work, and psychiatry International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Meagan Corrado, Denise Wolf, Lyndra Bills
Structured Abstract Background Trauma can impact an individual's ability to process memories, develop a healthy identity, express emotions, maintain focus, navigate relationships, and achieve goals. Despite the potential negative impacts of trauma, specific psychotherapeutic interventions and trauma-informed care provide opportunities for recovery and healing. Context Creative processes can promote
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Practitioner perspectives on art therapy with couples in relational crisis: a qualitative exploration International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Maria Fjellfeldt, Dalida Rokka
ABSTRACT Background Art therapy could benefit couples. Aims This article explores art therapy used by couples in relational crisis from a professional perspective. Methods Seven art therapists working in family counselling participated in the qualitative study. Results The results showed that, through non-verbal communication, art making facilitated clarification of situations, handling non-talkable
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Healing boundaries: a teenager's experience of art therapy integrated with Somatic Experiencing International Journal of Art Therapy Pub Date : 2022-06-23 Rivkah (Rebecca) Hetherington, Federico Gentile
ABSTRACT Background Sensorimotor Art Therapy acknowledges the importance of Somatic Experiencing (SE) in its development as a physiological technique to treat trauma. Both disciplines seek to regulate the nervous system, favouring stress management and affect regulation. This article promotes the integration of SE within psychodynamically-oriented art therapy pathways, so that psychological and physiological