Addiction, Traumatic Loss, and Guilt: A Case Study Resolving Grief through Psychodrama and Sociometric Connections
This article outlines four types of sociometric processes for cultivating connections between group members – the spectrogram, step-in sociometry, locograms, and floor checks. These experiential sociometry tools can be used independently as group processes or as a structured warm-up to a psychodrama enactment. A scene from a psychodramatic vignette is offered depicting a case study of a client working through complicated grief in an addictions group psychotherapy context. Sociometric and psychodramatic theoretical considerations are presented in the context of short practice depictions presented throughout this article. ...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - December 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Re-Shaping Body Image: Tape Sculptures As Arts-Based Social Justice
Publication date: Available online 13 December 2019Source: The Arts in PsychotherapyAuthor(s): Amanda Bechtel, Laura L. Wood, Laura TeoliAbstractOn a daily basis individuals are confronted with overt and covert messaging about their bodies, appearance, and functioning. This paper explores these social narratives and presents a narrative protocol on an 8 -h workshop in which participants constructed life-sized body sculptures made from packing tape and processed their experiences using drama therapy techniques. The final product was then displayed in a public forum to engage the public, where viewers could respond to the ...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - December 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Betwixt and between: Considering liminality and rites of passage in the context of music therapy in a specialist further education college
Discussion of the above theories and a description of the setting and the connection between the two is used propose a potential music therapy model for work with this population at this point during the clients’ lifespan. (Source: Arts in Psychotherapy)
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - December 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Musical encounters on the borderline. Patterns of mutuality in musical improvisations with Borderline Personality Disorder
This study focused on intersubjective relatedness with clients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) within the field of Music Therapy. Clinical improvisation is increasingly recognized as a mean to develop or re-live patterns of mutuality, and by mutuality we mean the emergence of a polyphonic flow founded on the forces that constantly makes us balance between dependency and independency. Recent research addresses how people with BPD relate to others in Music Therapy. What is currently lacking is a detailed tracking of mutual aspects of the musical modality emerging in music therapy improvisations. This paper details...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - December 15, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Aphasia Park: A pilot study using the co-active therapeutic theater model with clients in aphasia recovery
Publication date: February 2020Source: The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 67Author(s): Laura L. Wood, Dani Bryant, Kerryann Scirocco, Hia Datta, Susan Alimonti, Dave MowersAbstractAphasia, most often caused by brain damage due to stroke, is a language disorder hindering one's ability to verbally express and/or comprehend language, ranging in severity from mild to severe. An Applied Thematic Analysis (ATA) was undertaken of a post-production focus group to evaluate a 12-week pilot program that used the CoActive Therapeutic Theater (CoATT) Model for persons in Aphasia recovery. Results of a focus group interview found five th...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - December 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“Art on Behalf”: Introducing an accessible art therapy approach used in palliative care
Publication date: Available online 28 November 2019Source: The Arts in PsychotherapyAuthor(s): Claire Ganzon, Clare O’Callaghan, Justin DwyerAbstractThere are multiple barriers to art therapy engagement in the palliative care setting, including fatigue from treatment, the intrusive nature of the inpatient hospital environment, and the huge variation in patient outcomes. This paper describes a response to these challenges with “Art on Behalf”, a new art therapy approach in which the art therapist makes art on behalf of the patient. The patient conceptualizes the image while the art therapist produces the painting. Art...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Toward Creating Positive Masculinity? Art Therapy as seen by Male Art Therapists and Male Adolescent Clients
Publication date: Available online 27 November 2019Source: The Arts in PsychotherapyAuthor(s): Limor Goldner, Yehuda RudermanAbstractThe current study examined the experiences and perceptions of art therapy of seven male art therapists and five male adolescent clients treated by male therapists. An interpretative phenomenological analysis of semi-structured interviews was conducted to gain insights into the meaning of art therapy for both the therapists and the clients. Two themes emerged from the analysis. The first was termed “toward positive masculinity” and dealt with the specific verbal and non-verbal characterist...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Dancing to Projective Identification in Dance Movement Therapy for Couples (DMT-C)
Publication date: Available online 27 November 2019Source: The Arts in PsychotherapyAuthor(s): Einat Shuper-EngelhardAbstractProjective identification influences the behavior of couples in an unconscious way, in a process that may likely sustain destructive and difficult-to-discover-and-resolve conflicts. In projection, non-verbal messages in the couple relationship are interpreted through sensorimotor systems involved in perception. The present research study examines how, and in which areas, awareness of somatic and kinesthetic processes in therapy induces recognition of projection and identification in relations. Nine c...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Children’s attachment representations: A pilot study comparing family drawing with narrative and behavioral assessments in adopted and community children
This study compared an attachment-based coding system for family drawings with narrative and observational attachment measures in adopted children and those living with their natural parents (“community-based”) in Italy. Attachment patterns of 41 children (ages 5–8) were assessed by a graphic measure, the Family Drawing (FD); a narrative measure, the Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST); and an observational measure, the Separation-Reunion Procedure (SRP). In the community sample, a significant association emerged between the FD and MCAST disorganized vs. organized classifications; also seen were a number o...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Aphasia Park: A Pilot Study Using The CoActive Therapeutic Theater Model with clients in Aphasia recovery
This article presents an Applied Thematic Analysis (ATA) of a post-production focus group exploring a 12-week pilot program that used the CoActive Therapeutic Theater (CoATT) Model for persons in Aphasia recovery. Results of a focus group interview found five themes that participants noted as unique outcomes: 1) More meaningful relationships; 2) An increased belief in oneself; 3) An invigorating experience; 4) CoATT provides a unique healing opportunity; 5) Perceived language and speech improvement. (Source: Arts in Psychotherapy)
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 29, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The essential Colwyn Trevarthen – An arts-based reflexion
Publication date: Available online 22 October 2019Source: The Arts in PsychotherapyAuthor(s): Sabine C. KochAbstractThere have been many infant researchers who have investigated issues of scholarly interest, but there has only been one Colwyn Trevarthen. This one Colwyn Trevarthen we want to essentially thank for his work with three small pieces of artwork derived from his thinking. We leave the discussion up to the reader. (Source: Arts in Psychotherapy)
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 27, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Evaluating art therapy processes with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Development and testing of two observation instruments for evaluating children’s and therapists’ behaviour
Publication date: November 2019Source: The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 66Author(s): Celine Schweizer, Erik J. Knorth, Tom A. van Yperen, Marinus SpreenAbstractTwo instruments were developed and examined to enable treatment evaluation for art therapy (AT) with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). One instrument is the OAT-A (Observation in Art Therapy with a child diagnosed ASD), the other the EAT-A (Evaluation of actions of the Art Therapist during treatment of a child diagnosed ASD). Both scales were refined in a three round procedure. In each round raters (art therapists and students) observed and c...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 20, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Positive Psychodrama: A Framework for Practice and Research
This article introduces positive psychodrama as a framework for practice and research that builds on a sustainable and growing body of research indicating that a complete notion of mental health consists not only of the absence of mental illness symptoms but also the presence of mental health indicators. I address the question of how does psychodrama look through the lens of positive psychology. After an overview of psychodrama background and research, positive concepts in J. L. Moreno’s psychodrama theory and philosophy are revisited and linked to contemporary positive psychology literature. Empirically-supported positi...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Exploring the effectiveness of the Tree of Life in promoting the therapeutic growth or refugee women living with HIV
Publication date: Available online 10 November 2019Source: The Arts in PsychotherapyAuthor(s): Agata Vitale, Nigar G. Khawaja, Judy RyderAbstractThe current study aimed to understand the experiences of refugee women living with HIV as they participated in the Tree of Life (ToL), a group-based narrative intervention. A qualitative case study methodology was used. Five African refugee women took part in the study. The ToL consisted of seven two-hourly sessions conducted on weekly basis. Further, participants completed a feedback form after each session, and they were individually interviewed on completion of the ToL. The res...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - November 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
