Abstract
The arts are intrinsically linked to the history of applied psychology, from Aristotle’s argument that the arts can build emotional capacity through cathartic experience (Bragg et al., 2011) to Vygotsky’s views that the arts are one means of symbolic social mediation (Daniels, 2001). Historical examples include role play (Kelly, 1963), drawing (Ravenette, 1999), robotics (Dautenhahn et al., 2009) and characterisation (White & Epston, 1990) amongst others. Recent examples of the arts used by applied psychologists include Forum Theatre (Hammond, 2012), dance (Watson & Alleyne, 2011), storytelling (Pomerantz, 2007) and drama (Bayliss & Dodwell, 2002). Yet the arts remain remarkably under-utilised in applied psychology.
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