Arts in Psychotherapy

Papers
(The H4-Index of Arts in Psychotherapy is 11. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Arts psychotherapies for adolescents with mental health difficulties: A systematic review and logic model of mechanisms of action and outcomes31
How to use theories to explain effects of the creative arts therapies: The case of Polyvagal Theory22
The use of music therapy to address psychosocial needs of informal caregivers: An integrative review20
Drama-based interventions for men in prison who use substances – A literature review17
The impacts of dance/movement therapy on dementia caregivers’ burden and resilience: A mixed-methods exploration16
Beneficial and harmful music for substance use disorder clients: Implementation of the musical presentation technique15
The impact of doodling on cognition and affect: A scoping review15
The experience of school-based dramatherapists: Understanding the barriers and facilitators of UK school-based dramatherapy to inform better implementation15
Group music therapy for Chinese doctoral student mothers in Korea: A qualitative case study14
Open studio therapeutic aspects as experienced by adolescents in a psychiatric day treatment unit: A qualitative analysis13
Korean dance/movement therapists’ clinical experiences working with individuals with developmental disabilities: Phenomenological study11
Arts therapists’ perceptions of working in educational settings in youth psychiatric wards11
El Duende One-Canvas Process Painting as a method for individual arts-based supervision11
Psychodrama’s effects on PTSD, depression, anxiety, traumatic grief, prolonged grief disorder, and spontaneity: A mixed methods study in inpatient addiction treatment11
Integrating the embodiment-projection-role paradigm to develop and implement a two-hour-workshop for stress management among nurses11
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