Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-10-14DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1976023
Zsuzsanna Geréb Valachiné, S. Karsai, Adél Dancsik, Raissa de Oliveira Negrão, Michelle M. Fitos, R. Cserjési
{"title":"Online Self-Help Art Therapy-Based Tasks During COVID-19: Qualitative Study","authors":"Zsuzsanna Geréb Valachiné, S. Karsai, Adél Dancsik, Raissa de Oliveira Negrão, Michelle M. Fitos, R. Cserjési","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1976023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1976023","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This qualitative study explored how online individual art-therapy based (ATB) self-help tasks could support international students during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Twenty-two students participated in 7 weekly online asynchronous sessions that included both art-making and reflecting writing. Emergent themes included: (1) frustration of isolation, (2) loss of control, and (3) support (nature, transpersonal, attachment). Implications of the study offer preliminary evidence that when there is not a possibility for an in-person or real-time encounter, ATB self-help tasks may be a source of coping.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46726716","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1985872
Wendy Case
{"title":"A Review of ‘Art Therapy and Substance Abuse: Enabling Recovery from Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction’","authors":"Wendy Case","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1985872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1985872","url":null,"abstract":"museum art therapy have existed for decades. Although several books have been published about the therapeutic aspects of museums, this book is the first that contains inspiring ways gallery spaces or collections can be used by or with the collaboration of art therapists. This book describes not only the potential that museums and galleries hold in addressing the needs of communities through collaborative and reflective work within using multiple disciplines, but also offers new perspectives for creating nomadic galleries in temporary or virtual spaces for art therapy and innovative ideas for practitioners. More publications like this one on museums and communitybased practice will benefit new professionals, and those interested in creating new professional landscapes. References","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46778093","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1985873
Laura Fuller-Cooper
{"title":"A Review of ‘Quick and Creative Art Projects for Creative Therapists with (Very) Limited Budgets’","authors":"Laura Fuller-Cooper","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1985873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1985873","url":null,"abstract":"economic barriers. Additionally, she explores the power inherent in the ability of the individual to reflect the most intimate aspects of their story in their own way. Too often SUD clients are framed as “difficult clients”—a problem to be solved. In truth, they are people with a deadly and progressive disease whose reactive behaviors frequently reflect the levels of frustration, fear, and somatic symptoms they are experiencing. Schmanke endeavors to meet her clients at their place of need. She demonstrates this through multiple case studies and personal reflections that detail experiences with both individuals and groups. But she also addresses the practical aspects of integrating existing interventions into one’s practice, including demystifying 12-Step recovery and explaining the strong procedural CBT aspects of SUDfocused art therapy. Schmanke also provides concepts of her own interventions that explore countertransference and address cultural disparities as a means of aligning with the client in a common goal. Readers will come away with an understanding of the neuroscience of addiction (and the art therapy disciplines that invoke it), medication-assisted support in treatment, a surprisingly modern survey of drugs of abuse and dependence, and a generous aggregation of assessments, experientials and professional wisdom gathered from Schmanke’s studied knowledge of her subject, Art Therapy and Substance Abuse covers considerable ground but, more importantly, it is a very cogent summation of the modality’s power to honor the human being instead of just hammering home the need for change. Though many art therapists can find themselves at odds with institutional practices and procedures, Schmanke explores these environments with the reader and quietly reveals how mining existing models and interventions, which can correlate easily to art therapy practices and principles, can be a fruitful path to integration. In this way she is able to exact outcomes that are viable for the facility, meaningful for the client, and empowering for the practitioner. Schmanke recognizes and maximizes assets, a valuable skill in the treatment of SUD and perhaps even more valuable when navigating the commerce of behavioral health. As with anything that aspires to the breadth and depth of Art Therapy and Substance Abuse, some readers may be inclined contest aspects of its content or a few of the statistics represented here. It is this writer’s opinion that any fault one may find with Schmanke’s book is greatly overshadowed by its achievement. It’s unlikely that practitioners will find a more illuminating, thorough or useful text on the subject of art therapy and substance abuse. I am hopeful that this will be the first of many editions to come.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47700668","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.2003654
E. Nolan
{"title":"Holding the Space","authors":"E. Nolan","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.2003654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.2003654","url":null,"abstract":"Every year I teach students about object relations and attachment theory in the graduate level Theories of Counseling and Art Therapy course. I frequently use the metaphor of the nest to discuss the concepts in a creative way inspired by a class I took with Janis Timm-Bottos during my doctoral program. Before I start the lecture, those of us in the class that know how to crochet teach the rest of the students that do not. We sew the nests using an extra-large crochet hook and yarn made from repurposed T-shirts. First, we make the yarn from the knit fabric, cutting away the unusable parts and winding it into a ball. Then, the students place the yarn on the hook and make a few stitches. After they are able to work on their own for a bit, they carefully crochet while I teach. The materials and art making parallel the lecture. I present information about secure and insecure attachments, what those may look like through one’s behaviors and possible reasons for why someone might display a certain type of attachment. We talk about how the brain has neuroplasticity and that insecure attachments can be repaired (Green & Bavelier, 2008; Heller, 2019). Relationships and experiences, like worn T-shirts, can be repurposed through intention. The developmental markers of secure attachment as a caregiver – making a connection, attuning, developing trust, expanding available resources, and being present – develops from the stitching practice of over and under looping that helps regulate the nervous system. Once everyone in the class successfully crochets the beginnings of a nest, we celebrate our new neural pathways forged by learning a new skill and acknowledge our sense of feeling grounded. Through this experiential learning, the studio is reinforced as a safe place. The class also discusses the concept of the holding environment within attachment and explores ideas related to the art therapy relationship. Secure attachment processes take place in a protected space with a caregiver; who might be a therapist. Some art therapists refer to the symbolism of the nest as it relates to the environment and context for growth, change, and transformation (Kaiser & Deaver, 2009; Sheller, 2007; Yoon et al., 2020). Art therapists, then, are also keepers of the nest. Within art therapy sessions, the job of the therapist is to hold the space for clients to deepen relationships, contain challenging emotions, connect to roots, and explore identity. Similarly, within this issue of the journal, each of the authors’ contributions reinforce these ideas. As strands woven together, each piece provides the reader with an opportunity to explore, learn, and return. The articles presented are written with representation from researchers and practitioners nationally and internationally, casting art therapy and the nest that all art therapists interlace globally. Holding the space for a strong connection with clients, Bani Malhotra develops empathy and collaboration with mentor David Gussa","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46145632","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-09-24DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1960096
P. Marco, R. Redolat, Helena Maria Sáez
{"title":"Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Art Therapy: Case Study","authors":"P. Marco, R. Redolat, Helena Maria Sáez","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1960096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1960096","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This case study describes art therapy with a client diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Throughout 26 group art therapy sessions, significant emotional and behavioral changes unfolded along three distinct phases of the process. These stages included: identifying losses, reconciling difficult relationships, and articulating her dreams and desires. Art therapy seemed to provide emotional, behavioral, social, and cognitive benefits.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41736300","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-09-08DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1957341
Girija Kaimal, Katrina Carroll-Haskins, Yigit Topoglu, A. Ramakrishnan, Asli Arslanbek, H. Ayaz
{"title":"Exploratory fNIRS Assessment of Differences in Activation in Virtual Reality Visual Self-Expression Including With a Fragrance Stimulus","authors":"Girija Kaimal, Katrina Carroll-Haskins, Yigit Topoglu, A. Ramakrishnan, Asli Arslanbek, H. Ayaz","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1957341","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1957341","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A within-subjects experimental design examined differences in functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) assessment of prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation with two virtual reality (VR) drawing conditions (rote tracing and creative self-expression) with and without a fragrance stimulus. Participants were healthy adults and included 18 women, 6 men: age range = 18–54 years. Findings indicate significant differences such that rote tracing resulted in higher PFC activity than the creative self-expression task. Although there was no significant impact of fragrance on the overall sample, emergent differences in responsiveness to fragrance were seen by age and gender. The study suggests that repetitive tasks like rote tracing can enhance focus and the creative self-expressive tasks can reduce PFC load and induce relaxation and flow.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42287937","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-07-03DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1970417
Jordan S. Potash
{"title":"Critical Thinking: Obligation to Inquiry","authors":"Jordan S. Potash","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1970417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1970417","url":null,"abstract":"After we finished our sandwiches in the car, Cheryl Doby-Copeland and I quickly made our way to the front of the museum. We figured we would be among the first there, so we were disappointed when we discovered 40 people already ahead of us. In the crisp warmth of mid-October, 2017 in Washington, DC, we waited on the sidewalk as more people joined the line. When the doors finally opened we hurried to find a seat in the immense atrium of the National Museum of African American History and Culture to listen to Ta-Nehisi Coates talk about his newly published book, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy. In typical fashion, Cheryl and I continuously looked up at him, commented to each other, and scribbled notes. When at one point an audience member asked for his opinion on a matter, he uttered one phrase that has continued to reverberate in my mind: “Don’t outsource your critical thinking to me ... in a republic, the people are responsible.” Coates is a consummate researcher who makes intricate connections among history, systemic racism, and current events. If there is anyone who I might defer to, it would be him. Yet, here was a renowned social and political scholar reminding an audience to judge information for themselves. Even though it is difficult to classify and assess, critical thinking has been conceived as a process more so than a product (Lamont, 2020). For example, Samson (2021) highlighted the holistic integration of personal values and lived experience with established theories and reputable evidence that can result in purposeful undertakings. Many definitions emphasize two components—critique and critical perspectives. Kirschner (2011) differentiated these functions as being critical-in, grounding in scientific methods, and critical-about, applying social justice and emancipatory viewpoints. In addition, Teo (2011) mandated both reflexivity and self-reflexivity; the former involves a staunchness to question others, whereas the latter demands a curiosity about one’s position—no matter how open-minded an individual supposes to be. When brought together, critical thinking involves seeking information from a variety of sources, subjecting material to analysis based on multiple perspectives, reviewing social justice implications, and scrutinizing one’s own stance. To hone critical thinking, art offers a potent tool. Creativity enhances critical thinking in the pursuit of discovering meaning (Dumitru, 2019) and can be a means to tempering authority and absolute certainty (Ho & Ho, 2008). As art therapists know, art making can disrupt an artist’s presumptions by fostering opportunities for introspection, experimentation, and provocations. Likewise, art viewing can challenge an audience member’s assumptions, preconceptions, and expectations. As much as art can be degraded for propaganda, it can be uplifted for truths. Breaking down Coates’s comment offers implications for critical thinking in art therapy. The edict “don’t outsource” s","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43680171","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-06-30DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1932168
P. Luzzatto, Letisia Ruzibuka, M. Njau, Anitha Makoye, J. Mbwambo
{"title":"Art Therapy Autobiographical Intervention for Addiction Treatment in Tanzania","authors":"P. Luzzatto, Letisia Ruzibuka, M. Njau, Anitha Makoye, J. Mbwambo","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1932168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1932168","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An autobiographical, narrative art therapy approach to treat drug addiction was co-developed at the Methadone Clinic of Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. The 10-session art therapy intervention included a group of 7 men. The protocol, as illustrated with a case example, suggests that it could help resolve deep-seated pain, decrease shame, and increase self-esteem.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07421656.2021.1932168","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44277672","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-06-30DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1935062
Abbe Miller
{"title":"El Duende One-Canvas Art Making and the Significance of an Interim Period","authors":"Abbe Miller","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1935062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1935062","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Two art-based research studies led to discoveries about the interim period, an integral part of El Duende (EDPP) one-canvas art making. The researcher and five adults were visually recorded during art making sessions. Results suggested the paradox of the sustained pause; that in the perceived non-doing, much is happening. The interim period was identified by three patterns (no desire to change things; internal stillness; personal style), and four therapeutic qualities (sense of continuity; touchstones; incubation; digital media enhanced remembering). The primacy of the artist’s identity led to two practical implications: working with tension and the use of digital documentation as an expression of creativity.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07421656.2021.1935062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46728955","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}
Art TherapyPub Date : 2021-06-28DOI: 10.1080/07421656.2021.1935521
M. Osei
{"title":"The Journey of the “Lone” Art Therapist: Issues of Evolving Self-Identities","authors":"M. Osei","doi":"10.1080/07421656.2021.1935521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1935521","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The formation of a professional identity is a continuous process. A Ghanaian art educator shares her experiences of studying to become an art therapist in the United States by exploring her use of art and narratives. She describes a journey of overcoming her anxieties and as part of her evolving identities – cultural, social, professional.","PeriodicalId":8492,"journal":{"name":"Art Therapy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07421656.2021.1935521","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47115444","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}