Experience Of Art Therapy Research Articles

‘Don’t look!’ An online art therapy group for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa

ABSTRACT Background Delivering Art Psychotherapy online has become a necessary part of practice for many in 2020 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Art Psychotherapy practice and theory needs to be considered in light of this new way of working in addition to the impact on clients themselves. Context This paper considers an experience of delivering online group Art Psychotherapy to adolescents attending an NHS day service programme for Anorexia Nervosa. A case vignette of three group sessions is provided to illustrate the process. The experiences and reflections of three clients are reported. Approach The approach to the art therapy described is psychoanalytical as it focuses on importance of the relationship between the internal and external world and mentalization based as it aims to increase capacity to perceive and understand self and others. Outcome It is argued that there are additional considerations for this client group when working online including body image concerns and experience of gaze. Conclusion Consideration of the unique requirements of this client group are important when devising protocol for ways of delivering art therapy online. Implications for research Further research could consider, on a larger scale, the perspectives of clients with eating disorders on having art therapy delivered online. Plain-language summary This paper describes the set up and delivery of an online Art Psychotherapy group for adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa as part of an NHS day service. The group ran for seven weeks and was attended by three clients. I outline the theoretical framework of my approach to delivering this intervention. Theories of containment, gaze and joint attention are highlighted as being particularly relevant for working with this client group online. I describe the experiences of the clients who attended as well as my process as the art therapist. I note the main themes arising from this group as an intensified experience of gaze, body image concerns and a desire for control over what might be seen or shown. I reflect on my experience of feeling deskilled and having to alter my process to adjust to working online. I conclude that when working with this client group online these are important considerations to bear in mind. Future research is needed to gather perspectives from clients with eating disorders regarding their experience of art therapy being delivered online.

한 부모가정 청소년의 미술치료경험에 대한 내러티브 탐구

본 탐구는 한 부모가정 청소년이 섬유퀼트 매체를 통한 미술치료 과정에서 어떻게 자신의 감정을 탐색하고 이해하고 내적인 성장과 변화 해 가는가에 대해 탐구하는 것이 목적이다. 연 구 참여자는 한 부모 가정의 자녀로 중학교 2학년 청소년이다. 본 연구는 약 3개월 매주 월, 수요일 학교 정규 수업을 마친 후, 15회기 진행을 하면서 자료수집이 진행되었다. 연구 참여자 에게 동의서를 받고 미술치료를 진행하면서 매회기 녹취, 관찰일지, 미술작품, 면접지 등을 하 였다. 탐구는 질적 연구 방법 중 내러티브 탐구의 방법으로 진행되었으며, 미술치료활동에 대 한 미술작품, 대화 자료, 연구자 일지, 현장 관찰, 면담에 대한 구성으로 연구자의 지각된 감정 을 기록하여 연구 참여자의 삶이 생생하게 드러날 수 있도록 내러티브 탐구를 진행하였다. 그 결과 4개의 경험의 이야기를 주제로 구성하였으며 그 주제는 ‘몸이 그 아이의 상황을 이야기 하다’, ‘미술치료에서 자신이 원하는 것 퀼트를 만나다’, ‘바늘과 실 그리고 천의 만남인 퀼트에 몰입하다’, ‘몰입이 마음을 자유하게 하다’이다. 본 탐구는 미술치료는 내담자의 선택을 존중한 것이 핵심이고, 미술치료사가 내담자를 수용하는 것이 치료의 시작이고 끝이라는 치료과정에서 내담자에 대한 치료의 기본의 중요함을 다시 한 번 깨닫는 과정이었다.

A Phenomenological Study on Developmental Rehabilitation Service Providers' Group Art Therapy Experiences

A Phenomenological Study on Developmental Rehabilitation Service Providers' Group Art Therapy Experiences

학교 부적응 초등학생의 미술치료 경험에 대한 내러티브 탐구

본 연구의 목적은 학교 부적응 초등학생의 미술치료 과정에서의 경험과 그 경험의 의미 는 무엇인가를 알아보는 것이다. 연구 참여자는 A시 G연구소에 어머니의 의뢰로 내방한 12세 초등학교 여학생이다. 본 연구에서는 질적연구의 한 방법으로 Clandinin과 Connelly (2000)가 제시한 내러티브 탐구(Narrative Inquiry) 방법론을 사용하였고, 2019년 11월 27일 사전 면담을 시작으로 2020년 2월 8일까지 주 1회, 회기당 90분씩, 총 11회기 동안 미술치 료를 실시하였다. 본 연구과정에서 도출된 학교부적응 초등학생의 경험은 ‘답답한 마음을 표현할 수 있었어요’, ‘나를 알아보고 싶어요’, ‘변화를 연습했어요’, ‘미술치료 시간은 상처를 치유하는 시간이었어요’로 구성되었다. 이러한 경험을 바탕으로 학교 부적응 초등학생의 미 술치료 경험의 의미는 ‘나를 수용하다’, ‘세상으로의 첫걸음을 떼다’, ‘세상 속으로 들어가다’ 의 총 세가지로 범주화되었다. 본 연구는 학교 부적응 초등학생의 미술치료 경험으로 학교 부적응 초등학생에 대한 관심과 관련 연구의 필요성을 알리고 그들의 삶과 경험을 이해할 수 있는 기초 임상자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

자기표현을 위한 현실요법 집단미술치료 경험과 의미 - 초등돌봄교실 저학년 아동을 중심으로 -

자기표현을 위한 현실요법 집단미술치료 경험과 의미 - 초등돌봄교실 저학년 아동을 중심으로 -

알코올 중독 어머니에게서 성장한 성인 여성의 미술치료 경험에 대한 내러티브 탐구

본 연구의 목적은 알코올 중독 어머니에게 양육되어 애착관계외상을 경험하여 불안, 우 울, 약물시도, 자살 등의 심리 행동적 문제 증상을 보이는 성인여성이 미술치료를 통해 자 신이 살아온 삶을 어떻게 풀어나가고, 어떻게 회복시키는지 알아보고자 한다. 이를 위해 연 구자는 참여자의 삶을 깊이 있게 이해하고 탐구하기 위한 연구방법으로 Clandinin 과 Connelly(2000)가 제시한 내러티브 탐구 방법을 이용하였고, 2016년 6월부터 9월까지 약 3 개월간 주 3회씩 총 40회기의 미술치료를 실시하였다. 미술치료과정의 모든 미술작품과 담 화 및 관찰기록 등을 수집한 기록물을 바탕으로 분석하여, ‘가족은 무엇인가’, ‘술에 취해 있 는 엄마와 함께 해야 했던 어린 시절’, ‘나는 쓸모없는 존재 같아’, ‘나도 어쩌면’, ‘나도 괜찮 은 사람이 될 수 있을까’의 경험이야기로 구성하였다. 이를 바탕으로 Herman(1997)이 제시 한 트라우마 치료과정의 회복단계로 경험의 의미를 도출하여, ‘치유관계를 통해 안전하고 편안한 환경을 경험하다’, ‘작품 속에서 나의 삶을 그려내며 위로하고 격려하다’, ‘나를 이해 하고 수용하면서 미래를 생각하다’라는 주제로 그 의미를 탐색해보았다. 따라서 외상경험의 참여자가 미술치료를 통해 자신을 어떻게 회복하고 치유하며 새로운 삶으로 향하는지 깊이 있게 이해할 수 있었다.

‘Master My Demons’: art therapy montage paintings by active-duty military service members with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress

This study involved a thematic analysis of montage paintings and of related clinical records of 240 active-duty military service members collected during their art therapy treatment for traumatic brain injury...

Narrative Research on the Experience of Art Therapy in the Elderly Women with Terminal Cancer

Narrative Research on the Experience of Art Therapy in the Elderly Women with Terminal Cancer

Narrative Inquiry of Art therapy Experience for the Decrease of After-school Teachers' Job Stress

Narrative Inquiry of Art therapy Experience for the Decrease of After-school Teachers' Job Stress

Reflections on What “Art” Does in Art Therapy Practice and Research

Reflections on 5 decades of art therapy experience continuously return to a focus on how art heals. This question is addressed along two lines of thought. The first acknowledges the simultaneous existence of transcultural, shared dimensions of art, together with infinite differences in people, communities, and artistic expressions. The second considers the use of art making by art therapists as a primary mode of inquiry where artistic evidence informs practice and research. These trajectories converge to demonstrate continuities and new creations in the field of art therapy.

요양병원 장기 입원 노인의 미술치료 체험: 해석학적 현상학 탐구

요양병원 장기 입원 노인의 미술치료 체험: 해석학적 현상학 탐구

외국 여성유학생의 미술치료 경험에 관한 내러티브 탐구

외국 여성유학생의 미술치료 경험에 관한 내러티브 탐구

“What We Have Shared Is Actually a Big Secret”: Group Art Therapy With Divorced Single Mothers in Malaysia

An Australian-Malaysian cross-cultural, group art therapy and focus group study located in Terengganu, Malaysia, explored the lived experience of women with responsibilities for raising their children alone, following divorce. This qualitative study had 2 aims: (a) to understand the women’s lived experiences, and (b) to determine their experience of group art therapy. The findings indicated that the women reported feelings of loneliness, lack of social supports, loss, and silent grief. Through art therapy they reported feelings of relief and the release of long-held emotions, improved self-expression, enhanced self-awareness, and experiences of mutual support and inner strength.

Experience of group art therapy with music improvisation in the integrated treatment at a psychiatric Day Hospital: preliminary results

The study aims at evaluating the resocializing effects of music therapy as add-on therapy in the course of integrated, pharmacological and psychological, treatment. During a six months period, 24 patients belonging to a psychiatric Day Hospital were recruited and divided into 2 groups. An accurate music anamnesis was collected for each patient. Group 1 (n=11) received as add-on therapy 14 improvisational music therapy sessions on a weekly basis, while group 2 (n=13) received 7 improvisational music therapy sessions alternated with 7 listening music therapy sessions, on a weekly basis. The response to music therapy was evaluated at the beginning and at the end of the add-on therapeutic process through a music therapy observation form consisting of 9 variables. In both groups there was a good response from patients affected by mood disorders as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder, while schizophrenic patients response was either absent or reduced. The improvement of the variable interaction between the components, sharing of the instrument, facial expressions and tension was significantly higher in the group that received as add-on therapy both improvisational music therapy and listening music therapy. The findings suggest a significant role of the improvisational music therapy in gaining a re-socializing effect within a therapeutic group. The effectiveness turns out to be greater if the improvisation is combined with a listening therapy, aimed at educating the patient to a greater openness to the expressive aspect of sound. The active-passive music therapy association could then bring a valuable contribution as an add-on rehabilitative treatment.

Cómo construirse un hombre. Un caso clínico de arteterapia con un joven con síndrome de Down y conflicto en la identidad de género

El presente artículo presenta una experiencia de arteterapia con un joven con síndrome de Down, que manifiesta, desde su adolescencia, crisis de identidad de género,. Partiendo de las teoría de Donald Winicott sobre el desarrollo del sentido de la identidad en el sujeto, comenzamos exponiendo un cuerpo teórico, que permita al lector entender la difícil construcción de la identidad y el falso self, en las personas con discapacidad intelectual.En el análisis del caso clínico, podemos observar cómo el paciente puede ir dando forma a todo aquello que permanece indefinido en su interior, y construyendo una imagen de sí mismo. En el recorrido a través de las sesiones, trabajamos juntos, en la búsqueda de un identidad, que le permita adueñarse definitivamante de un género, que continúa en proceso. Sin embargo, el paciente ha podido conquistar espacios propios, establecer puentes de acceso con lo subjetivo, apropiarse de su pensamiento y encontrar un representación subjetiva de sí mismo: Un modo sigular para ser, y presentarse a los otros.

The experience of art therapy for individuals following a first diagnosis of a psychotic disorder: a grounded theory study

ABSTRACTResearch on art therapy and psychosis has focused mainly on individuals who have been service users for many years. This study used grounded theory methodology to explore how service users experienced art therapy following their first diagnosis of a psychotic disorder, and the processes through which art therapy might be helpful for such individuals. Eight participants were interviewed, with two interviewed twice. A preliminary theory was created and seven categories were constructed from the data, namely: unpressured atmosphere; pleasure and engagement in art-making; expression and communication; connecting with others; changing emotional experience and experience of self; supporting recovery and continuation of art; and not the right fit. Participants reported that through the atmosphere of art therapy, art-making, and communication, they were able to build relationships, connect with others, experience a sense of commonality, absorption, sense of freedom, and discover alternative perspectives. Whilst this study has some limitations, the results build on previous research by focusing on a previously under-researched group. The findings are considered alongside existing research and theoretical perspectives. Clinical implications and recommendations for future research are highlighted.

Phenomenological Study of a Group Art Therapy Experience for Group Home Youth

Phenomenological Study of a Group Art Therapy Experience for Group Home Youth

Art as Relational Encounter: An Ostensive Communication Theory of Art Therapy

Biopsychosocial theory is strengthening psychotherapy by focusing on interactions that engage the attachment system. Art therapy has the potential to align coherently with current theory provided it addresses the value of art in engaging with the attachment system. This article describes an interpersonal theory of art therapy based on a model of ostensive communication that supports the attachment system as a mechanism of change in the art therapy triangular relationship of client, therapist, and art object. A clinical case vignette, derived from a client's description of her art therapy experiences in an audio-image interview, illustrates ostensive communication theory and the development of epistemic trust in art therapy.

A Narrative Research for on the Experience of the Group Art Therapy of Male Preparatory Catholic Monks Who Are in the Initial Training Stage

A Narrative Research for on the Experience of the Group Art Therapy of Male Preparatory Catholic Monks Who Are in the Initial Training Stage

Narrative Inquiry on the Experience of Art Therapy of a Couple who experiences Verbal Violence

Narrative Inquiry on the Experience of Art Therapy of a Couple who experiences Verbal Violence