Arts therapies practice in the UK, due to its complexity, is rarely adequately described and what constitutes main features of the professions often remains unclear.AnationwideArtsTherapies Surveywas conducted in2011with the aim to offer a description of clinical practice with particular emphasis on work with depression. The survey received responses from 395 arts therapists, among whom 36 were...

BACKGROUND The recognition of the distressing character of infertility diagnosis and treatment has led to the development of several psychosocial interventions for infertile couples. At the Leuven University Fertility Centre, a body-mind marital group intervention was developed to help infertile couples cope with the distress related to infertility. METHODS AND RESULTS This treatment programm...

OBJECTIVE To determine how healthcare professionals, family members and community members responded to an art exhibit created by people living with mental illness. STUDY DESIGN Phenomenological study with qualitative analysis. METHODS Forty-six participants with various relationships with people living with mental illness attended an art therapy exhibit and art making workshop. Surveys, res...

This paper describes a theoretical model for conceptualizing art therapy through an integrative multilayered prism that ecologically “layers” dynamic, humanistic, systemic, and social understandings of art, therapy, and people. The result is a systemic but multifaceted model for the teaching of art therapy and the implementation of its theory. The “depth” of art therapy is the multifaceted char...

Art therapy has been suggested to support veterans who may not benefit from verbal therapeutic approaches. Little is known about the perspectives of UK veterans with mental health difficulties on engaging in art therapy. This study aimed to explore the acceptability of art therapy for this group, employing a mixed-methods design. The sample was drawn from clients of treatment programmes provide...

Creation is an important part of many interventions in creative arts therapies (art, music, dance, and drama therapy). This active part of art-making in arts therapies has not yet been closely investigated. The present study commits to this field of research using a mixed-methods design to investigate the effects of active creation on health-related psychological outcomes. In an artistic inquir...

Materials and methods We studied the clinical outcomes in 380 consecutive scoliosis patients (age range 10 to 18 years old) treated using a Cheneau brace. Psychological, psychosomatic and psycho-physiological symptoms were analyzed. Psychological therapy included cognitive and expositional therapy, art-therapy and group therapy. The psychological assessment was performed using a questionnaire b...

1 Art therapy after stroke: evidence and a need for further research Frances Reynolds Introduction Long-term disabling conditions threaten a person’s identity and well-being in many ways, through loss of function and discomforting symptoms, changes in roles and occupations, altered social relationships, and a disquietening sense of liminality (Hammel, 2006). There is limited but increasing rese...

Symptom management for persons living with HIV/AIDS is an extremely important component of care management. The importance of pharmacologic interventions for management of symptoms is well recognized, and non-pharmacologic strategies such as art therapy are gaining interest in lay and professional communities. The aim of this research project was to test the feasibility and effectiveness of art...