Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2023.2179822
Yael Zahavy-Mittelman
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Pub Date : 2022-12-20DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2140005
Daniel Chen, D. Gussak
Abstract To examine the complex layers of those who are multi-racial/ethnic/cultured, the mixed-identity of the first author – an art therapy doctoral student – is first deconstructed, followed by the delineation of systemic and historical contexts. This viewpoint further examines how the therapists’ multiple identity[ies] informs and intersects with those they work with. This includes not only clients, but also those with whom they find themselves in a potentially hierarchical relationship such as within the coauthors’ teacher/student dynamic. Recognizing how these examinations may inform a dissertation agenda, this viewpoint identifies gaps that need to be bridged to inform cultural and mixed-identity humility and awareness, and untangle these invisible intersections.
{"title":"Untangling the Invisible Intersections of an Art Therapy Doctoral Candidate’s Mixed Identities","authors":"Daniel Chen, D. Gussak","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2022.2140005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2140005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract To examine the complex layers of those who are multi-racial/ethnic/cultured, the mixed-identity of the first author – an art therapy doctoral student – is first deconstructed, followed by the delineation of systemic and historical contexts. This viewpoint further examines how the therapists’ multiple identity[ies] informs and intersects with those they work with. This includes not only clients, but also those with whom they find themselves in a potentially hierarchical relationship such as within the coauthors’ teacher/student dynamic. Recognizing how these examinations may inform a dissertation agenda, this viewpoint identifies gaps that need to be bridged to inform cultural and mixed-identity humility and awareness, and untangle these invisible intersections.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":"40 1","pages":"101 - 105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46799421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-19DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2144635
Marcia L. Rosal
{"title":"A Review of “Group Art Therapy: Practice and Research”","authors":"Marcia L. Rosal","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2022.2144635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2144635","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":"40 1","pages":"55 - 56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44771211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-19DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2140566
Zsuzsanna Geréb Valachiné, Adél Dancsik, Michelle M. Fitos, R. Cserjési
Abstract This study investigated art therapy–based self-help online tasks (ATB-SHOT) as a means to support university students during the COVID-19 lockdown by (a) measuring effectiveness on mood repair (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and Self-Assessment Manikin scales, pre- and postintervention) and (b) correlating outcomes with participants’ personality profiles (resourced profile [resilience and emotional intelligence] and a vulnerability profile [trait anxiety and somatic complaints]). Based on data from 57 participants, findings indicate that all ATB-SHOT tasks significantly reduced negative mood and two increased positive mood and control. Participants with a vulnerability profile showed greater reduction in negative emotions. The significance of the research demonstrates that students in challenging emotional situations could benefit from ATB-SHOT tools.
{"title":"Online Art Therapy–Based Self-Help Intervention Serving Emotional Betterment During COVID-19","authors":"Zsuzsanna Geréb Valachiné, Adél Dancsik, Michelle M. Fitos, R. Cserjési","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2022.2140566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2140566","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study investigated art therapy–based self-help online tasks (ATB-SHOT) as a means to support university students during the COVID-19 lockdown by (a) measuring effectiveness on mood repair (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and Self-Assessment Manikin scales, pre- and postintervention) and (b) correlating outcomes with participants’ personality profiles (resourced profile [resilience and emotional intelligence] and a vulnerability profile [trait anxiety and somatic complaints]). Based on data from 57 participants, findings indicate that all ATB-SHOT tasks significantly reduced negative mood and two increased positive mood and control. Participants with a vulnerability profile showed greater reduction in negative emotions. The significance of the research demonstrates that students in challenging emotional situations could benefit from ATB-SHOT tools.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":"40 1","pages":"134 - 141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46007406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-16DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2131359
Susan Devine
Abstract During the unprecedented time of COVID-19, one art therapist noticed that her clients created images expressing their loneliness. To foster a sense of community catharsis, the art therapist worked with her clients to create an art display at a public mall to enable the general population to receive secondary therapeutic support for their own feelings of isolation and depression during the pandemic. Such use of a therapeutic art exhibition promoted a sense of connection and understanding.
{"title":"Therapeutic Impact of Public Art Exhibits During COVID-19","authors":"Susan Devine","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2022.2131359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2131359","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract During the unprecedented time of COVID-19, one art therapist noticed that her clients created images expressing their loneliness. To foster a sense of community catharsis, the art therapist worked with her clients to create an art display at a public mall to enable the general population to receive secondary therapeutic support for their own feelings of isolation and depression during the pandemic. Such use of a therapeutic art exhibition promoted a sense of connection and understanding.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":"40 1","pages":"50 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49085498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-15DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2131355
L. Kapitan
Abstract This article conceptualizes art therapy as an intercultural contact zone or social ecotone, defined as the liminal space that emerges when two or more habitats overlap. In the unresolved tensions of their interaction, negotiation of power through cultural humility is an ongoing, profoundly ethical process. This premise is illustrated with examples from a high-contrast contact zone the author experienced as an art therapist in collaboration with a social justice-oriented organization serving marginalized communities in their emancipatory goals. The implications of cultural borderlands are discussed as transgressive zones of transformative power and exchange.
{"title":"Transforming Power Through Cultural Humility in the Intercultural Contact Zone of Art Therapy","authors":"L. Kapitan","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2022.2131355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2131355","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article conceptualizes art therapy as an intercultural contact zone or social ecotone, defined as the liminal space that emerges when two or more habitats overlap. In the unresolved tensions of their interaction, negotiation of power through cultural humility is an ongoing, profoundly ethical process. This premise is illustrated with examples from a high-contrast contact zone the author experienced as an art therapist in collaboration with a social justice-oriented organization serving marginalized communities in their emancipatory goals. The implications of cultural borderlands are discussed as transgressive zones of transformative power and exchange.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":"40 1","pages":"61 - 67"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42599718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-11-15DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2131356
J. Schwartz, Patricia A. St. John, Carol Greiff Lagstein, Michelle C. Pate, Heather J. Denning
Abstract Undergraduate art therapy education programs in the United States have endeavored to prepare students for graduate level art therapy training and entry level positions in art facilitation since the mid-1970s with minimal published guidelines or established professional standards. The authors reviewed the art therapy literature regarding current undergraduate and graduate educational instructional content, and educational pathways. We scrutinized current undergraduate guidelines and standards for instructional content among allied disciplines and investigated current undergraduate level employment opportunities and skills required for these positions. Based on these findings, we propose seven undergraduate instructional content areas appropriate for non-clinical pre-professionals. Recommendations include expanding the scope of practice to include undergraduate level art facilitators, developing scaffolded learning outcomes, establishing tiered credentialing, and evaluating outcomes.
{"title":"Instructional Content in Undergraduate Art Therapy Education","authors":"J. Schwartz, Patricia A. St. John, Carol Greiff Lagstein, Michelle C. Pate, Heather J. Denning","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2022.2131356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2131356","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Undergraduate art therapy education programs in the United States have endeavored to prepare students for graduate level art therapy training and entry level positions in art facilitation since the mid-1970s with minimal published guidelines or established professional standards. The authors reviewed the art therapy literature regarding current undergraduate and graduate educational instructional content, and educational pathways. We scrutinized current undergraduate guidelines and standards for instructional content among allied disciplines and investigated current undergraduate level employment opportunities and skills required for these positions. Based on these findings, we propose seven undergraduate instructional content areas appropriate for non-clinical pre-professionals. Recommendations include expanding the scope of practice to include undergraduate level art facilitators, developing scaffolded learning outcomes, establishing tiered credentialing, and evaluating outcomes.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":"40 1","pages":"31 - 39"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45908630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2144649
Jordan S. Potash
“Everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” I stared at these words on a wheat-pasted poster accompanied by a stenciled portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who wrote them in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail. The Washington, DC–based street artist, who goes by the moniker Absurdly Well, generally illustrates modern politicians and leaders. At this moment in July 2022, though, he offered a historic reference as a contemporary warning. There has been a notable global rise of authoritarian trends—even among democratic societies (Freedom House, 2021). Foreboding signs include voter suppression and election manipulation; disinformation promotions and independent press reductions; populist assertions and migrant castigations; subgroup accusations and economic destitutions; queer defamations and judiciary deprivations; free speech limitations and political opposition eliminations; labor union restraints and civil society constraints. The arts are often casualties, simultaneously censored and refashioned into propaganda under the guise of alternative perspectives (Batycka, 2021). Gesson (2020) posited that people tend to disregard alarms that are deemed pass e:
{"title":"Antifascist Art Therapy","authors":"Jordan S. Potash","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2022.2144649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2144649","url":null,"abstract":"“Everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.” I stared at these words on a wheat-pasted poster accompanied by a stenciled portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who wrote them in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail. The Washington, DC–based street artist, who goes by the moniker Absurdly Well, generally illustrates modern politicians and leaders. At this moment in July 2022, though, he offered a historic reference as a contemporary warning. There has been a notable global rise of authoritarian trends—even among democratic societies (Freedom House, 2021). Foreboding signs include voter suppression and election manipulation; disinformation promotions and independent press reductions; populist assertions and migrant castigations; subgroup accusations and economic destitutions; queer defamations and judiciary deprivations; free speech limitations and political opposition eliminations; labor union restraints and civil society constraints. The arts are often casualties, simultaneously censored and refashioned into propaganda under the guise of alternative perspectives (Batycka, 2021). Gesson (2020) posited that people tend to disregard alarms that are deemed pass e:","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":"39 1","pages":"171 - 172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42742410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2131951
L. Hinz, Megan L. VanMeter, V. Lusebrink
Abstract This Viewpoint essay serves three purposes: (1) revealing the life experiences of Vija Lusebrink that shaped what would become the pantheoretical art therapy assessment and treatment model known as the Expressive Therapies Continuum; (2) clarifying the broad and deep scope of this model; and (3) encouraging the art therapy audience to recognize this model as a complex marriage of information processing and agents of change. The Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC) lends itself to outcome-informed treatment in art therapy as a systems-oriented means of gauging client responses to multidimensional interventive inputs and modifying the therapist’s approach accordingly. It is important for art therapists to share a unified understanding of the ETC that is consistent with the ideas of its co-creators.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2085491
Noah Hass-Cohen, Rebecca Bokoch, Katherine Goodman, J. McAnuff
Abstract This publication presents the qualitative findings from a mixed-method pilot study on three- and four-drawing protocols for chronic pain, which have demonstrated significant positive quantitative results. For this report, thematic analysis and magnitude coding of drawing titles, narratives, and characteristics including resource representations and integration, was conducted. Findings demonstrated positive changes associated with specific drawing protocol prompts and sequences. Participants (N = 25) reported positive changes, demonstrated in part by their final drawings, which integrated depictions of their resources. Findings included positive shifts in cognitive and affective functioning, social support, stress levels, psychological processing, pain experiences, and representations of self. These findings suggested further support for the clinical utility of drawing protocols for chronic pain.
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