Pub Date : 2023-01-04DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2156238
Zahra Borzabadi Farahani, A. Rahgoi, M. Fallahi-khoshknab, S. Hosseinzadeh
Abstract This study investigated the effect of mandala coloring on the attention level of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Iran. This research was a quasi-experimental pre–post study (N = 38) with a control group. The results showed that mandala coloring statistically increased the attention level of children with ADHD both when compared to the control group and within the intervention group. Mandala coloring, as a complementary therapy, might be effective in improving attention in children with ADHD.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-03DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2022.2155140
Rachael Mecholsky, Lisa Raye Garlock
Abstract This case study integrated feminist theory and social action approaches through the use of a storycloth (fiber arts-based intervention). The feminist approach of being transparent and egalitarian focused on addressing social, cultural, and political issues that are not always covered in the therapeutic setting but may be an underlying cause of distress and mental health issues. The case follows 35 art therapy sessions between a white art therapist in training and a LGBTQIA African American woman, who had a history of trauma. As an outcome, the client experienced a therapeutic space to tell her story and enabled her to self-advocate within art therapy sessions which translated to new understanding within her day-to-day life.
{"title":"Integrating Art Therapy With Feminism for Self-Advocacy Through Storycloth: Case Study","authors":"Rachael Mecholsky, Lisa Raye Garlock","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2022.2155140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2155140","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This case study integrated feminist theory and social action approaches through the use of a storycloth (fiber arts-based intervention). The feminist approach of being transparent and egalitarian focused on addressing social, cultural, and political issues that are not always covered in the therapeutic setting but may be an underlying cause of distress and mental health issues. The case follows 35 art therapy sessions between a white art therapist in training and a LGBTQIA African American woman, who had a history of trauma. As an outcome, the client experienced a therapeutic space to tell her story and enabled her to self-advocate within art therapy sessions which translated to new understanding within her day-to-day life.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42694936","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 : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2023.2172947
Holly Feen-Calligan, L. Grasser, Jessica Smigels, Natalie McCabe, Breanna Kremer, Alaa Al-Zuwayyin, Ismail Yusuf, Noor Alesawy, Jenna Al-Nouri, A. Javanbakht
Abstract Art therapy reduces trauma-related psychopathology in refugee youth. Given the added stress of COVID-19 on traumatized refugee populations, we adapted art therapy for refugee youth and their families in the virtual space. We describe program development, implementation and experientials, and clinical recommendations illustrated through two cases. Observations and feedback support art therapy as a tool to address socioemotional functioning in families who resettle as refugees and foster positive emotions, sense of self and community, confer stress coping skills, and enhance resilience. In light of the persistence of the pandemic, the unprecedented number of global refugees, and their unique needs for mental health services, virtual art therapy can expand accessibility and reach of beneficial methods to address trauma in refugee groups.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2023.2179843
Jordan S. Potash
For those of us who still send old school greeting cards, the birthday selection continues to be plentiful – particularly the milestone ones. The choices that celebrate 40 are quite a mix. Some ameliorate 40 as the dreaded tipping point for becoming old (“age is just a number”). Others revert to more youthful times (“18 with 22 years of experience”). And still others honor the moment (“40 is the new awesome”). I have 40 on my mind as this year marks the 40th volume of Art Therapy. In her editorial for this journal’s inaugural issue, interim Editor Linda Gantt recommended:
{"title":"Forty Years of Wisdom, Discernment, and Imagination","authors":"Jordan S. Potash","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2023.2179843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2023.2179843","url":null,"abstract":"For those of us who still send old school greeting cards, the birthday selection continues to be plentiful – particularly the milestone ones. The choices that celebrate 40 are quite a mix. Some ameliorate 40 as the dreaded tipping point for becoming old (“age is just a number”). Others revert to more youthful times (“18 with 22 years of experience”). And still others honor the moment (“40 is the new awesome”). I have 40 on my mind as this year marks the 40th volume of Art Therapy. In her editorial for this journal’s inaugural issue, interim Editor Linda Gantt recommended:","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42590595","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 : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2023.2179822
Yael Zahavy-Mittelman
{"title":"Reaching for My Sisters","authors":"Yael Zahavy-Mittelman","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2023.2179822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2023.2179822","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48339294","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 : 2022-12-20DOI: 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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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}