Art Therapy Research Articles

Feasibility of visual art therapy (VAT) on rehabilitation of post stroke patients

Feasibility of visual art therapy (VAT) on rehabilitation of post stroke patients

Evaluating The Therapeutic Benefits Of Supporting The Psychological Health Of China's Retired Elderly By Chinese Freehand Painting As A Form Of Art Therapy

Evaluating The Therapeutic Benefits Of Supporting The Psychological Health Of China's Retired Elderly By Chinese Freehand Painting As A Form Of Art Therapy

A Case of Food Art Therapy Experience for Stress Recovery of Professional Middle-aged Women

A Case of Food Art Therapy Experience for Stress Recovery of Professional Middle-aged Women

A Case Study on Art Therapy for Middle-Aged Women on the Verge of Divorce -Focusing on Self-Differentiation and Depression-

A Case Study on Art Therapy for Middle-Aged Women on the Verge of Divorce -Focusing on Self-Differentiation and Depression-

Effects of Art Therapy on Anxiety Levels in College Students in Somalia

Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the effects of art therapy on anxiety levels in college students in Somalia. Materials and Methods: This study adopted a desk methodology. A desk study research design is commonly known as secondary data collection. This is basically collecting data from existing resources preferably because of its low cost advantage as compared to a field research. Our current study looked into already published studies and reports as the data was easily accessed through online journals and libraries. Findings: The study indicated that engaging in artistic activities such as drawing, painting, and sculpting allows students to channel their stress and anxieties into a tangible form, facilitating emotional release and self-exploration. The therapeutic process of creating art fosters a sense of control and accomplishment, which can counteract feelings of helplessness and anxiety. Additionally, art therapy sessions often incorporate mindfulness techniques, further promoting relaxation and stress reduction. Overall, the integration of art therapy into mental health interventions for college students presents a promising approach to mitigating anxiety and enhancing overall well-being. Implications to Theory, Practice and Policy: Expressive arts therapy, cognitive-behavioral theory and attachment theory may be used to anchor future studies on assessing the effects of art therapy on anxiety levels in college students in Somalia. Based on empirical findings, practitioners should design art therapy interventions that are tailored to meet the specific needs and preferences of college students. Policy initiatives should prioritize the integration of art therapy as a recognized and reimbursable service within college mental health programs.

Effectiveness of Implementing Art Therapy in Reducing Anxiety Among the Elderly at The Budi Agung Social Welfare Center

Effectiveness of Implementing Art Therapy in Reducing Anxiety Among the Elderly at The Budi Agung Social Welfare Center

Developing online group art psychotherapy for children with long-term health conditions

ABSTRACT Background: Paediatric long-term physical health conditions such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis can have a significant impact on the mental health and well-being of children and their families. Arts-based therapies have been shown to have a beneficial effect for this group. Aims: The aim of the study was to develop an online group art therapy intervention for children with long-term physical health conditions. Methods: The process of developing the intervention was informed by guidelines for the development of complex interventions and comprised four key stages: (1) an expert development process, (2) formation of a stakeholder group and (3) decision-making team, (4) identification of relevant literature and use of existing theories/a theoretical model. Results: The GAIN (Group Art Therapy Intervention for communicating Needs of children with long-term conditions) was developed. GAIN comprises a treatment manual, six 90-minute online sessions for children (age 8–11 years) and six 30-minute parent-led home sessions. Conclusions: Next steps are to evaluate the GAIN in a feasibility study. Implications for practice/policy/future research: The intervention has potential to benefit children and their families; it offers a psychosocial approach for integration with medical care of paediatric long-term physical health conditions and aligns with NHS England’s focus on supported self-management of healthcare.

The RT M184V resistance mutation clearance in the reservoir is mainly related to CD4 nadir and viral load zenith independently of therapeutic regimen type.

Resistance associated mutations (RAMs) are archived in the HIV reservoir and can re-emerge with an inappropriate ART use limiting treatment options. However, recent studies, using ultra-deep sequencing (UDS), showed a decrease of quasispecies harbouring RAMs, suggesting that recycling some antiretrovirals could be considered. The aim of this study was to characterize, in HIV treated PLWHIV, the M184V mutation decrease kinetics in proviral DNA and associated factors of M184V mutation clearance over time. UDS was performed on HIV-DNA from blood cells at different time points to quantify the percentage of M184V positive quasispecies. The sequence reads were analysed with a minimum coverage set at 50 and an ambiguity filter at 5% or 2%. At 2.5 years after the first time point, the M184V lost was observed in 50% of PLWHIV. Moreover, univariate analyses highlight that a higher nadir CD4 count and a lower zenith HIV1 RNA viral load were correlated with a faster clearance of the mutation. In multivariate analysis, a higher zenith was negatively associated with the M184V clearance at the 5% threshold. Interestingly, lamivudine/emtricitabine presence in the ART therapy regiment during the 5 years was not associated with the persistence of the M184V. Our study provides new information concerning the clearance speed of M184V mutation over time in PLWHIV with fully suppressed viremia, opens the discussion about the duration needed to consider a lamivudine/emtricitabine recycling and reinforces the association of the nadir and zenith values with the M184V mutation clearance.

A Matter of Dis/Embodied Non/Relating in Art Psychotherapy Practices

Embodied practices in arts therapies are frequently constructed upon the premise of developmental psychotherapies. This paper problematises some of the key concepts commonly used in arts therapies and explores a new intra-active framework for becoming. Relationality, boundaries and the context of change processes are revisited to investigate modelling an approach that decentres human subjectivity and considers the relevance of embodiment and the environment in relation to therapeutic change. Intersections between art, developmental psychotherapies, arts therapies and aesthetics form the basis of retheorising the dynamic relations of art-therapist-patient.

(Paper) weaving and poetry: Re-membering through Baradian theory

This work engages with Karen Barad’s philosophy and theory of agential realism through research practices of critical autoethnography and arts-based methods. The work explores how knowledge, memory, language, and experience remain alive within practitioners and inform who we become and how we inherit the stories involved in being educators and therapists. This paper presents two entangled research processes involving engagement with material artefacts related to the author’s professional identity development and practice as an arts therapist in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Through Barad’s theory of diffraction, engagement with and reassembling research artefacts supports a consideration of what can happen when we map and remember stories from different times and spaces in our lives. Elucidating and exploring the contours of memories and experiences can be helpful practices to engage in as narrative is the most potent mechanism for memory and teaching, and as therapists and educators, we are living through and practicing from the tangle of these narratives.

La méthode d’analyse phénoméno-structurale : approches psychopathologique, projective et créative

ContextAfter a period of low-key development, phenomenology is once again gaining ground in psychiatry, as well as in clinical psychology and psychopathology. It is becoming particularly relevant in these fields, where the observation of phenomena and the quest for structures to organize them are very appropriate clinical tools for understanding the subject. ObjectivesThe aims of this article are, on the one hand, to review the development of structural phenomenology in the human and medical sciences, and on the other hand, to explore its relationship to creative processes in order to support pragmatic reflection on patient care. MethodThis study is based on the clinical case of a 14-year-old adolescent with Williams & Beuren syndrome. After six years of institutional care, he participated in a program of eight sessions of art therapy designed to retrace his pathway for access to pre-professionalization. Our evaluation is based on a test/retest evaluative clinic using the Rorschach projective test and the Content Analysis Grids centered on the Phenomeno-structural Approach (GACAPS) developed by L. Schiltz. ResultsWe noted an improvement in the adolescent's attention and social skills, as well as an increase in his ability to mobilize his imagination and to access the elaboration of his thoughts. However, the phenomeno-structural analysis, aside from the increasing number of creative responses, enabled us to detect invasive anxieties, which make us fear that, with him, this existential stage of a rite of passage represents a risk that could lead to psychotic problems. DiscussionPhenomenology, given that it is a subtle method, only makes sense if practiced in the world of real life, where “being in the same landscape” becomes as much a diagnostic tool as it is a treatment process. The Rorschach Test with its GACAPS analysis grids, as well as the IPSE method (Processus inductif d’analyse de la structure de l’expérience vécue - Inductive Process for the Analysis of the Structure of Lived Experience), are pragmatic tools providing relevant results in a context of a clinic of modernity.

The Research on Individual Differentiated Mental Abnormality of Disabled Children and the Application of Art Therapy

The Research on Individual Differentiated Mental Abnormality of Disabled Children and the Application of Art Therapy

A theoretical exploration of polyvagal theory in creative arts and psychomotor therapies for emotion regulation in stress and trauma.

Polyvagal theory advocates for working with the body, becoming aware of the body and connecting with the senses. Similarly, paying attention to and influencing one's physical and sensory experience is a core aspect of the creative arts and psychomotor therapies. Polyvagal theory offers opportunities for strengthening resilience by treating emotion-regulation problems, stress, and trauma, as well as restoring regulation of the autonomic nervous system. Paying attention to and influencing physical and sensory experiences are core aspects of creative arts and psychomotor therapies. This theoretical paper explores how polyvagal theory can serve as a foundational theory and support the creative arts and psychomotor therapies for emotion regulation in stress and trauma. A number of pillars in polyvagal theory have links with arts therapies, such as an emphasis on physical and sensory experience in situations of safety or threat. This theory may offer insight into the role of the body in stressful situations, the role of co-and self-regulation, and thus the functioning of and the rationale for use of creative arts and psychomotor therapies. Through interventions focused on promoting healthy autonomic responses and regulating physiological responses, clients can learn to better regulate and process their emotional experiences. Although this could be broadly useful, it would seem particularly promising in therapies focused on stress and trauma. This article provides an introduction to polyvagal theory and outlines how it can serve as an explanatory, hypothetical model for the working mechanisms that underlie creative arts and psychomotor therapies. The application of PVT in creative arts and psychomotor therapies will be explored by describing techniques for "noticing and naming" and "learning to change," as well as by highlighting the role of PVT in the therapeutic relationship. It provides case examples and discusses the role of creative arts and psychomotor therapies for stress regulation and resilience conceptualized in line with the polyvagal theory.

Art Therapy for Paediatric Pain: A Scoping Review.

Pain is common in paediatric populations and is best treated with a multi-disciplinary approach. Art therapy interventions are gaining popularity in paediatrics; however, there is limited evidence on its impact on pain outcomes in children and adolescents. The objective of this scoping review is to map current research on art therapy's impact as an intervention in paediatric populations experiencing any type of pain (i.e., acute, recurrent, and chronic). Electronic searches were conducted by a medical librarian to identify studies that used art therapy interventions in paediatric populations with pain as an outcome measure. Four reviewers independently screened and selected articles for extraction using Covidence and data were extracted from articles using study objectives. There were five studies that met the inclusion criteria. Four of the five studies reported on pain intensity and all studies reported on emotional functioning. Findings suggest art therapy interventions can be helpful for reducing pain, anxiety, stress, and fear associated with treatment. Further, there is emerging evidence that art therapy can support the management of acute and procedural pain in children. Future research should examine the impacts of integrating art therapy interventions into the multidisciplinary management of paediatric pain.

Process evaluation of an art therapeutic treatment for children and adolescents with psychosocial problems

The Affect regulating Arts Therapies program is an approach designed to address psychosocial problems among children and adolescents. It focuses on improving affect-regulation skills through tension regulation, attention regulation, and affect-regulation phases. This study encompassed a process evaluation, in which treatment integrity, satisfaction, and perceived benefits and barriers were explored. Treatment integrity was investigated by observing therapeutic actions during recorded sessions applied in practice. Satisfaction was evaluated using a survey. Perceived benefits and barriers were examined using semi-structured interviews. Children, adolescents, parents/caregivers, teachers, and art therapists were all involved. All predefined therapeutic actions were observed during therapy sessions, and participants expressed their satisfaction with and understanding of therapists. The identified benefits of the program included acknowledgment of the child/adolescent, non-verbal work, and the creation of art products. Collaboration, favorable therapy conditions, parental involvement, psychoeducation, and the therapist's attitude also contributed to success. Barriers included goal misalignment, logistical/financial issues, emotional problems among parents/caregivers, parental commitment, and limited teacher involvement. The findings affirm ArAT as a promising strategy for addressing psychosocial problems among children and adolescents. Further research is required in order to evaluate the effectiveness of ArAT.

Artway: gallery art therapy group for young people with mental health difficulties

Artway: gallery art therapy group for young people with mental health difficulties

Using visual dream reports in art therapy to reconsolidate emotional memories.

Using visual dream reports in art therapy to reconsolidate emotional memories.

THE PRACTICE OF PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE AND HUMANITARIAN CENTER FOR UKRAINIAN REFUGEES IN SLOVAKIA

Relevance. Universities of the third age (U3A) are institutions aimed at the post-labor socialization of the older generation, aimed at realizing the idea of "Education throughout life", which, unfortunately, have not become particularly widespread in Ukraine. All the more interesting is the experience of creating such an institution at the beginning of the war by Ukrainian specialists who ended up in Slovakia, and the generalization of the features of their interdisciplinary work on psychological support and social therapy of elderly Ukrainian refugees who are abroad. Methodology. As part of the implementation of the project "Social and psychological assistance for children and adults" on the initiative of the NGO "League of Mental Health" (Slovakia), a University of the Third Age for elderly refugees from Ukraine was established in the city of Gabchykovo. Its activity is based on interdisciplinary, person-oriented and integrative approaches and principles of trust, mutual assistance, tolerant attitude towards the elderly. Sample: 15 people aged 62 - 80 years. Methods. The Spielberger-Khanin (1976) method, conversations, individual, couple, group consultations, occupational therapy, art therapy, social and educational therapy for the elderly; intergenerational programming program for children and the elderly. The results. During the 5 months of work of the team of specialists at U3A, a favorable psychological climate was created; adaptation of the elderly to existence in a local foreign-language environment was carried out; their family conflicts were resolved; integrative classes for the elderly with children were implemented in the center for refugees, which contributed to the development of tolerance and mutual understanding between the two generations. These measures ensured a reduction in the manifestations of stress and anxiety of the study participants, and the steady development of the cognitive and creative spheres of the elderly participants of the U3A.

INTERDISCIPLINARY DICTIONARY: MEETING OF HUMAN PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE WITH PSYCHOLOGY

Relevance. The authors present the encyclopedic edition of 2022 - an interdisciplinary dictionary that intersects research fields and methodological approaches of a number of humanities. In this case, such sciences are philosophical anthropology, philosophy of culture and cultural studies, as well as psychology. Methodology. The basic heuristics of the categorical analysis of the concepts and philosophical practices presented in the dictionary is the author's original metaanthropological approach, which involves a level interpretation of the phenomenology of existing and new terms and techniques of working with the client. Among the main ones, the dictionary includes such terms as "psyche", "psychoanalysis", "philosophical psychoanalysis", "androgynous analysis", "philosophical art therapy", "aphorism therapy", etc. Results. In the context of psychological understanding, the reader may be most interested in dictionary articles devoted to philosophical psychoanalysis and androgynous analysis. The term "philosophical psychoanalysis" describes the modern domestic direction of psychoanalysis, which developed thanks to the efforts of the authors based on the original methodology of philosophical anthropology as meta anthropology. Its essence consists in the specialist's organization during psychotherapeutic work of a special psycho developmental practice of a consistent transition of the client from the everyday worldview to the personal one and further - from the personal one to the philosophical one, which actualizes constructive material changes in a person. From the standpoint of metaanthropological vision, the text also presents the understanding of human immortality and beauty and the practice of androgynous analysis. Androgynous analysis (from the Greek Andros – man, gin – woman) is the theory and practice of research and deep correction of the existence of the individual and relationships between people through the use of the strategy of interaction of the existential dimensions of masculinity and femininity as spirituality and spirituality.

Angiolipoma associated with antiretroviral switch therapy: a case report

BackgroundAngiolipomas have been well described in patients with HIV exposed to protease inhibitors with possible resolution after switching to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-based regimens. Resolution of symptoms have occurred with switches to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based regimens; however, little is known regarding the development of angiolipomas when switching from NNRTI- to modern, integrase strand transfer inhibitor-based regimens. We describe a patient who underwent switch therapy from tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine/efavirenz (TDF/FTC/EFV) to tenofovir alafenamide/FTC/bictegravir (TAF/FTC/BIC) who later developed angiolipomas.Case PresentationA 55-year-old male had been on TDF/FTC/EFV for 8 years before switching to TAF/FTC/BIC. Nineteen months after antiretroviral switch, the patient presented with multiple lesions in the upper extremities and abdomen. Diagnostic biopsies revealed non-encapsulated angiolipomas and HHV-8 and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease was ruled out. New lesions continued to appear 29 months after ART switch, after which now lesions appeared and prior lesions remained stable with no increase in size noted. No surgical intervention or change in antiretroviral therapy was needed.ConclusionsAngiogenesis may have been suppressed with TDF/FTC/EFV treatment, however when switched to TAF/FTC/BIC, promoted the growth of angiolipomas. Clinicians should be aware of the impact of switching to modern ART therapies resulting in possible adipogenesis.