State Of Art Therapy Research Articles

Art therapy in the Israeli education system – a qualitative meta-analysis

ABSTRACTNine studies involving 131 interviews were conducted between 2013 and 2015 with female art therapists, supervisors, counsellors, teachers and school principals in the Arab and Jewish educational systems on the state of art therapy in the Israeli school system. This article presents a qualitative meta-analysis of these studies to provide an up-to-date comprehensive picture of the integration of art therapy in the Israeli education system. It also addresses zones of conflict between the therapeutic and educational approaches. The advantages and disadvantages of integrating art therapy into the education system are discussed in parts 1 and 2. Part 3 details the recommendations emerging from the interviews. Part 4 summarises the problems and conflicts. The discussion examines these findings in the light of the Guidelines for Teaching Staff From the Health Professions and Creative Arts Therapists Who Work in the Education System, published by the Israel Ministry of Education in 2015.

The state of art therapy in greater Los Angeles, 1974 two year follow-up study

A survey was conducted by the author in 1974 to ascertain the status of art therapy in the mental health field in the greater Los Angeles area as a follow-up to a similar survey taken in 1972. The cover letter and questionnaire were mailed by Helen Landgarten, Director of the Master of Arts in Art Therapy program at Immaculate Heart College. The questionnaire dealt with those issues which were considered of major importance in discussing the present and future status of art therapy: current knowledge or awareness of art therapy in the field of mental health, the present use and status of art therapists, educational preference on the part of employers, possibilities for future placement of art therapists, the availability of institutions willing to serve as practicum settings for training art therapists, consideration for hiring professional art therapists within two years, and desirability on the part of institutions to be educated through slide/lecture presentations .