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{"title":"Exploring play-based interventions with war-affected children: A scoping review","authors":"Jemma Moody-Pugh ,&nbsp;Kate Renshaw ,&nbsp;Judi Parson","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102337","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102337","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>War-affected children, including those living with ongoing war and conflict and refugee children who have fled to safety experience the impacts of trauma associated with violence, displacement, grief and loss. This scoping review, guided by the JBI Scoping Review Methodology (2015) and PRISMA guidelines, explores play-based interventions with war-affected children to support recovery from the impacts of trauma. 81 articles were identified in the initial search and 19 studies were screened in for review. Studies were coded against Paris Goodyear-Brown’s TraumaPlay Model (2010) to determine the suitability of play-based interventions, including play therapy, with this population. Aligned with three stages of the refugee experience– living with ongoing conflict, in transit and post-resettlement – the TraumaPlay Model offers a scaffolded approach to reintegrate play into the lives of war-affected children and their families. The findings indicate that small bursts of play during ongoing conflict may support a felt sense of safety in children. Additionally, a focus on play to enhance relational safety between children and adults, is important to support attachment and bonding. In the transit stages, the literature suggests the possibility to move towards enhancing children’s emotional literacy and soothing trauma responses. Once environmental safety has been achieved post-resettlement, more targeted play therapy interventions with children, groups and families may be appropriate. Further research into play and play therapy with this population is recommended with a focus on playful connections within family systems and communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102337"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144721321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating social arts into creative arts therapies training: Teachers' and students' perspectives","authors":"Noa Shefi ,&nbsp;Hod Orkibi ,&nbsp;Ephrat Huss","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102332","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102332","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, fine arts education has shifted toward socially engaged practices—moving beyond the studio to embrace art as a vehicle for social transformation. This turn toward participatory and community-based approaches has also begun to influence creative arts therapies (CATs), where increasing attention is being given to the social dimensions of therapeutic artmaking. Within this context, Social Arts (SA) have emerged as a subfield of participatory arts involving collaboration between socially engaged professionals and non-professionals. Through co-creative processes, SA promotes personal growth, social inclusion, and collective change. Despite growing interest, research on integrating SA into CATs remains limited. This qualitative study investigated SA within CATs Israeli curricula by analyzing course structures, content, and methodologies. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with eight SA teachers and 14 SA students, alongside a review of SA syllabi. To ensure credibility, the study used triangulation across datasets and member-checking to reduce confirmation bias and verify interpretations. Three main themes emerged: (1) teachers’ search for meaning as a driving force, (2) training students to become agents of social change, and (3) challenges in SA training courses. These findings illustrate how SA is being embedded into CATs Master's programs in Israel, offering a unique merger of therapeutic practice and social activism. Further research should explore a broader range of international CATs programs that include SA components, evaluating their impact. Additionally, developing standardized tools to measure SA’s multifaceted effects could support their recognition and integration not only within CATs education and practice but also across related disciplines.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144880235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tuning in and sharing affects: Fostering social motivation in young autistic children in improvisational music therapy – an embedded mixed-methods study","authors":"Jinah Kim ,&nbsp;Juyoung Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102334","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102334","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Previous studies explored the short- and medium-term benefits of improvisational music therapy (IMT) for autistic children from both objectivist and interpretivist perspectives. The present embedded mixed-methods study integrated these approaches to examine factors influencing the process and outcomes of year-long IMT with non-speaking and minimally speaking young autistic children. Fifteen children participated in the study. Quantitative assessments measured changes in social affect, developmental levels of the children, and parent-reported quality of life. Qualitative data were gathered through post-program interviews with parents <em>(n = 15)</em> and therapists <em>(n = 4)</em>, analysed using a modified grounded theory to explore key factors shaping the therapeutic process and its outcomes. Exploratory analyses further examined trends related to attunement quality and subsequent outcomes, corroborating the qualitative findings. The results indicated significant improvement in children's social-affect and developmental levels and parents' quality of life (p &lt; 0.05) following the year-long IMT program. Key findings highlighted the critical role of '<em>musical-emotional attunement'</em> in enhancing social motivation, with higher attunement linked to more positive experiences reported by parents and therapists and better outcomes across all measures. These preliminary findings suggest that the mutually influential nature of therapeutic relationships and affect sharing between the child and therapist are integral to the processes and outcomes of IMT. These findings demonstrated IMT's potential to enhance the social-emotional development of young autistic children through a relationship-driven, attuned approach, providing valuable insights for both practice and education in music therapy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102334"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144702877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A therapeutic intervention based on the integration of psychoanalytic conceptualizations and psychodrama techniques: The case of intrafamilial emotional abuse","authors":"Eliav Keidar ,&nbsp;Lali Keidar ,&nbsp;Nitai Melamed","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102329","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102329","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Childhood emotional abuse has a decisive impact on child development and can be perpetrated by those closest to them. The current study examined intrafamilial emotional abuse, to probe the clinical question as to why individuals who were maltreated in childhood repeat this behavior in adulthood. A case study of therapy for an emotionally abusive parent is presented to illustrate a psychoanalytic conceptualization, and a psychodrama intervention model. The therapeutic intervention combines psychodrama techniques associated with a psychoanalytic interpretation designed to integrate the split parts reenacted in the abusive behavior.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102329"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144365786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How to use theories to explain effects of the creative arts therapies: The case of Polyvagal Theory","authors":"Ingrid Pénzes ,&nbsp;Annemarie Abbing ,&nbsp;Martina de Witte","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102316","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102316","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research on the effectiveness of Creative Arts Therapies (CATs) has significantly expanded over the past decade, yet a deeper understanding of the underlying mechanisms contributing to positive therapeutic outcomes remains necessary. Integrating concepts from psychology, social sciences, and neuroscience can enhance this understanding, but applying scientific theories requires assessing their robustness, validity, and relevance. This article explores how to evaluate the quality of existing theories, using Polyvagal Theory (PT) as a case study. PT has been increasingly applied in CATs research and practice to explain intervention effects on stress- and trauma-related outcomes. In addition to discussing PT’s general quality, its relevance to the field of CATs is considered, along with critical implications for practice, research, and education. The intention is to initiate an open dialogue on the appropriate use of scientific theories, such as PT, in explaining CATs’ therapeutic mechanisms. Although effort has been made to provide a well-supported discussion, opinion-based analyses inevitably involve some subjectivity. Expanding the theoretical scope beyond PT to other widely used or relevant models may further contribute to understanding the mechanisms of CATs and should be complemented by recognizing the importance of the arts in developing a rationale for CATs that is grounded in both theory and practice.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102316"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144170749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Decolonizing research: Response art as an arts-based analysis research tool","authors":"Rowena Tam,&nbsp;Felice Yuen","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102335","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102335","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Indigenous scholars have consistently argued that conventional research methods perpetuate the oppression and marginalization of Indigenous communities. As we consider how certain approaches have monopolized the knowledge enterprise, a need to develop alternative ways of knowing and understanding becomes apparent. In the research project “Towards Collective Healing: Addressing the Experiences of Indigenous Women in Quebec's Provincial Prison” (2022), an arts-based analysis was conducted using the art therapy intervention known as <em>response art</em> (Fish, 2012). Coined by Barbara J. Fish, <em>response art</em> involves the creation of artwork by art therapists that responds to materials from client sessions, providing a space for reflection, emotional processing, and reaction. This paper reflects on the use of research methods using the author’s response art process in analyzing interviews conducted with community workers who support Indigenous women. Response art is rooted in decolonizing methodologies, offering researchers the opportunity to foster reciprocity through a dynamic and alternative approach to crafting knowledge and conducting research in the arts and sciences.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102335"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"‘More than a sound’: Tone as affective encounter in music therapy in prison","authors":"Kjetil Hjørnevik","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102342","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102342","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Whilst tonal qualitites in music are deeply entangled with timbral, textural, acoustic and sonic properties, tone also represents aspects of artistic identity, expression, cultural belonging and musical style. In this article I explore the therapeutic significance of tone for two music therapy participants playing the electric bass guitar in a low security Scandinavian prison. Through the presentation of three case examples drawn from a larger ethnographic study I show how the participants developed signature bass tones through specific techniques and the use of audio signal processing, and how their tone emerged as central to their experience and performance of identity. The article shows how interpersonal relationships, intimacy and community were established, mediated and consolidated in the active and shared pursuit of tonal characteristics. The article discusses the significance of tone as <em>affective encounter</em> in popular music-based music therapy practices and suggests a notion of tone as a facet of musical identity.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102342"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144880234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A multicentric survey of the experience and perception of medical music therapy among health professionals in Italian AIEOP paediatric cancer centres","authors":"Filippo Giordano ,&nbsp;Timothy Trevor-Briscoe ,&nbsp;Chiara Rutigliano ,&nbsp;Paola Muggeo ,&nbsp;Ornella Aledda ,&nbsp;Luca Borgonovi ,&nbsp;Diego Campanelli ,&nbsp;Lorenzo Capolsini ,&nbsp;Laura Catapano ,&nbsp;Maria Rita Di Pasquale ,&nbsp;Davide Ferrari ,&nbsp;Vitaliano Nicola Quaranta ,&nbsp;Adriano Mastrolorenzo ,&nbsp;Paolo Rossetti Murittu ,&nbsp;Letizia Scaringella ,&nbsp;Barbara Zanchi ,&nbsp;Nicola Santoro ,&nbsp;Simone Cesar","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102331","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102331","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Medical music therapy (MMT) is employed as a non-pharmacological therapy to contrast and prevent somatic and psychological symptoms in children affected by cancer. Doctors, nurses, and psychologists (DNP) are systematically involved in both paediatric cancer care (PCC) and exposed to MMT. The aim of this survey was to assess perception, satisfaction, and real-life experiences of MMT reported by DNS working in Italian paediatric cancer centres.</div><div>A 16-question survey was prepared to investigate staff knowledge of MMT, perception of its integration into the team, perception of the effects of MMT on patients and on the staff themselves. Parameters included the ward environment, coping, social interaction, mood, invasive procedures, stress, anxiety, and pain. Hours of MMT provided in the ward, and the possibility of staff being involved in MMT training or practical activities tailored for DNP, were also investigated.</div><div>186 out of 310 participants responded to the survey. 179 full analysis set were carried out. Completion rate was 60 %, and response rate was 57.7 %.</div><div>DNP considered MMT to be an effective therapeutic intervention to promote coping, social interaction, and improve mood and atmosphere. DNP considered MMT as a tool to reduce stress, anxiety, and fatigue, both during invasive procedures and for disease/therapy-induced pain.</div><div>A gap was found concerning integration of MMT into the team. More hours of MMT were required by DNP.</div><div>Encouraging multidisciplinary collaboration among music therapists and DNP can improve the overall effectiveness of PCC. Healthcare organisations could considerably increase MMT inclusion in PCC.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102331"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144771714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Arts therapy groups for autistic preschool children: Therapists’ conceptions and intervention methods","authors":"Shiri Mor Shai ,&nbsp;Einat Shuper-Engelhard","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102319","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102319","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emerging research shows that arts therapy for an autistic population has great value and at the same time, there is a disparity between the prevalence of arts therapy groups and the lack of research on this topic. The aim of the present study was to map professional conceptions and commonly employed intervention methods of arts therapy groups for autistic preschool-age children. This was executed using a qualitative-constructivist methodology. Sixty-two group therapists in diverse arts responded to a survey questionnaire; of these, 10 participated in an in-depth, semi-structured interview. Thematic analysis of all the information gathered revealed that arts therapy groups include deliberate interventions relating to four foci of the 'here and now': 'interpersonal', 'intrapersonal', 'creative work and creativity' and 'group experience of togetherness'. The Discussion section examines the uniqueness of each theme with reference to the young age of the children and the characteristics of autism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102319"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144270671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Art therapists’ perspectives on working with a central issue in time-limited art therapy","authors":"Rotem Abraham ,&nbsp;Dafna Regev ,&nbsp;Sharon Snir","doi":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102346","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aip.2025.102346","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study explored art therapists' perspectives on working with the central issue in Time-Limited Art Therapy (TLAT), a structured short-term framework grounded in Mann’s Time-Limited Psychotherapy (TLP; Mann, 1973). While previous research has noted the benefits of short-term art therapy, structured conceptualizations of such approaches remain under-researched. The study examined how art therapists initially formulated and then collaboratively refined and engaged with the central issue across TLAT. Attention was given to the role of artmaking in illuminating emotional and self-related aspects of the central issue, maintaining therapeutic focus, and fostering change. This study was conducted in an art therapy research clinic in a college setting, where nine art therapists delivered 26-session individual TLAT treatments. Data collection included semi-structured interviews at three phases of therapy (post-intake, mid-therapy, post-termination) and 290 process journals written by the therapists. These materials were analyzed using Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) to identify key domains, core ideas, and themes related to therapeutic work with the central issue. The analysis revealed five interrelated domains: the integration of art in the intake phase, formulating the central issue, delivering the central issue to the client, the significance of the central issue during therapy and at termination, and the meaning of therapy in terms of the central issue. Overall, structured work on the central issue, supported by artmaking, appeared to deepen emotional exploration and promote client self-awareness, relational growth, and therapeutic progress. These findings underscore the potential of TLAT, as a dynamic art therapy approach, to optimize outcomes within time-limited treatment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":47590,"journal":{"name":"Arts in Psychotherapy","volume":"95 ","pages":"Article 102346"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144895104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}