Arts in Psychotherapy

Article	Citations
Receptive music therapy to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Italian clinical staff involved in COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary study	71
SandplayAR: Evaluation of psychometric game for people with generalized anxiety disorder	27
The influence of music therapy on preoperative anxiety in pediatric oncology patients undergoing invasive procedures	27
Art therapy with Syrian refugee youth in the United States: An intervention study	25
Artistic creation in virtual reality for art therapy: A qualitative study with expert art therapists	22
Aesthetic presence: The role of the arts in the education of creative arts therapists in the classroom and online	21
Shifting to tele-creative arts therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study on helpful and challenging factors	20
The body communicates: Movement synchrony during music therapy with children diagnosed with ASD	16
Intervention effect of psychodrama on depression and anxiety: A meta-analysis based on Chinese samples	16
What makes us the same? What makes us different? Development of a shared model and manual of group therapy practice across art therapy, dance movement therapy and music therapy within community mental	15
Tele-psychodrama therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: Participants’ experiences	14
Creative arts therapies for the mental health of emerging adults: A systematic review	13
Art making and virtual reality: A comparison study of physiological and psychological outcomes	13
Towards sustainable implementation of music in daily care of people with dementia and their spouses	12
Efficacy of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in young adult students: A multiple-case study design	11
Identifying the mechanisms of poetry therapy and associated effects on participants: A synthesised review of empirical literature	11
Understanding school-based drama therapy through the core processes: An analysis of intervention vignettes	10
Anti-oppressive music therapy: Updates and future considerations	10
Dance/movement therapy with resettled refugees: A guideline and framework based on empirical data	10
The healing effect of goal-oriented dance and movement therapy in schizophrenia: A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial	10
Painting together: A parent-child dyadic art therapy group	10
Development of a music therapy micro-intervention for stress reduction	9
Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Quantitative results from a mixed method pilot study	9
Psychodrama in attenuated custody prison-based treatment of substance dependence: The promotion of changes in wellbeing, spontaneity, perceived self-efficacy, and alexithymia	9
Photovoice techniques and art therapy approaches with refugee and immigrant adolescents	9

Covid-19 and absence of music therapy: Impact on mother-child dyad during invasive procedures in pediatric oncology	8
Indigenous and traditional arts in art therapy: Value, meaning, and clinical implications	8
Effectiveness of group art therapy for mothers of children with disabilities	8
Effects of patient-preferred live music on positive and negative affect and pain with adults on a post-surgical oncology unit: A randomized study	8
The effects of combining art psychotherapy with pharmacotherapy in treating major depressive disorder: Randomized control study	8
Benefits of an open art studio to military suicide survivors	8
Compassion Focused Art Therapy for people diagnosed with a cluster B/C personality disorder: An intervention mapping study	8
Dance, rhythm, and autism spectrum disorder: An explorative study	8
Art therapists’ perceptions of what happens when they create art alongside their clients in the practice of group therapy	8
The first 15 min in art therapy: Painting a picture from the past	8
The socio-emotional world of adolescents with intellectual disability: A drama therapy-based participatory action research	7
Effectiveness of art therapy for people with eating disorders: A mixed methods systematic review	7
Loss, adaptation and growth: The experiences of creative arts therapists during the Covid-19 pandemic	7
Dance intervention for people with dementia: Lessons learned from a small-sample crossover explorative study	7
Culturally sensitive dance movement therapy for ultra-orthodox women: Group protocol targeting bodily and psychological self-perceptions	6
Exploring the role and impact of visual art groups with multiple stakeholders in recovery-oriented mental health services	6
Moving forwards with competence: Developing industry competency standards for dance movement therapists across Australasia	6
Music interventions and music therapy in disorders of consciousness – A systematic review of qualitative research	6
Music therapists’ empathic experiences of shared and differing orientations to religion and spirituality in the client-therapist relationship	6
Suicidal ideation and attempts following a short-term period of art-based intervention: An experimental investigation	6
Team value and visual voice: Healthcare providers’ perspectives on the contributions and impact of Art Therapy in pediatric hematology/oncology clinics	6
Developing the professional identity of art therapy students as reflected in art therapy simulation sessions	6
Art in the time of corona: A thematic analysis	6
Short-term music therapy treatment for adolescents with depression – A pilot study	6
The drama therapy core processes: A Delphi study establishing a North American perspective	6
Art therapists’ fear of COVID-19, subjective well-being, and mindfulness	6
Characteristics of parent-child art psychotherapy in the education system	5
Moving together: Assessing the effectiveness of group mother-child dance and movement therapy	5
The effects of psychodrama groups on feelings of inferiority, flourishing, and self-compassion in research assistants	5
A pilot study of arts therapy techniques to evoke emotional states in forensic patients	5
Sexism and cisgenderism in music therapy spaces: An exploration of gender microaggressions experienced by music therapists	5
Effect of art psychotherapy using marbling art on depression, anxiety, and hopelessness in female survivors of domestic violence with PTSD	5
A grounded theory of music therapists’ approach to goal processes within their clinical practice	5
Drawing on the brain: An ALE meta-analysis of functional brain activation during drawing	5
Using an inclusive therapeutic theatre production to teach self-advocacy skills in young people with disabilities	5
Logotherapy, existential analysis, music therapy: Theory and practice of meaning-oriented music therapy	5
Naming who performs care: Occupational segregation in the creative arts therapies	5
A systematic review of music therapy interventions used to address emotional needs of older adults	5
Resilience enhancement in parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder through dance movement psychotherapy	5
The use of VR tilt brush in art and psychomotor therapy: An innovative perspective	5
Children drawing violence: To what extent does it reflect actual experience	5
Recovery-oriented dance movement therapy group with adults coping with severe mental health conditions: A controlled trial	4
Vision, concretism, repetitism. Typical artistic design features in drawings of adults with autism and intellectual disability	4
The mother’s perspective of body knowledge and expressions as a language in mother-infant relationships	4
Family members’ and other experts’ perceptions of music therapy with children on the autism spectrum in New Zealand: Findings from multiple case studies	4
Passive on the periphery: Exploring the experience of physical activity among children and youth with congenital heart disease using the draw-and-write technique	4
Psychological symptoms and the use of shadow miniatures in sandplay therapy	4
A comparison of the diagnostic power of FEATS and Bender-Gestalt test in identifying the problems of students with and without specific learning disorders	4
The effect of psychodrama sessions on psychotic symptoms, depression, quality of life, and sociometric measures in patients with chronic schizophrenia	4
Developing Music-based Emotion Regulation (MBER): A theoretical model for age-related depression prevention	4

Effectiveness of group psychodrama on aggression and social anxiety of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomized clinical trial	4
Filmmaking and video as therapeutic tools: Case studies on autism spectrum disorder	4
Proposing a justice approach to Ethics of Care in art psychotherapy	4
Clarifying the Creative level of the Expressive Therapies Continuum: A different dimension	4
A neurological rationale for music therapy to address social connectivity among individuals with substance use disorders	4
Randomized pilot study exploring an online pre-composed receptive music experience and a mindfulness-based intervention for hospice workers’ stress and professional quality of life	4
Emotional benefits of brief creative movement and art interventions	4
Finding reconnection: Using art-based intersectional self-reflexivity to ignite profession based community care in the arts therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
An evaluation of a developmental individual differences relationship-based (DIR®)- creative arts therapies program for children with autism	4
“Migrated onto the Screen”: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical practice of drama therapy	4
The kinetic family in action: An intermodal assessment model	4
Music therapy treatments in an inpatient setting—A randomized pilot study	4
I know what I like, and I like what I know: Patient preferences and expectations when choosing an arts therapies group	4
Bridging the cultural gap: Challenges and coping mechanisms employed by Arab art therapists in Israel	4
East Asian dance/movement therapy educators’ experiences of teaching dance/movement therapy in East Asia after training in the US	3
Deconstructing trauma narratives: A critical interpretive synthesis of research into music therapy and psychological trauma in adults	3
Dance movement therapy for Black womxn: A content analysis	3
The perceived benefits of Dance Movement Therapy for parents of a child on the autism spectrum: A pilot study	3
Changes in general self-efficacy and mindfulness are associated with short-term improvements in mood during art-making in a partial hospital program	3
Understanding how humour enables contact in music therapy relationships with persons living with dementia: A phenomenological arts-based reflexive study	3
A single case study of art therapy in a child with Crohn’s disease	3
Psychodrama oriented group therapy for forgiveness in university students	3
Music to decrease anxiety in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Practicing in an expanded paradigm: Case examples and ethical anchors for creative arts therapists working in community-based social justice contexts	3
Music therapy in the era of climate crisis: Evolving to meet current needs	3
Invisible complicity in LGBTQI art therapy: A series of case studies in response to Hadley's call for the need for vigilance	3
Dramatherapy for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic integrative review	3
How health-focused choirs adapted to the virtual world during the COVID-19 pandemic – An international survey	3
Vicarious trauma and response art: A professional development workshop for psychotherapists working with survivors of trauma	3
Visual Journaling using Art Therapy with Refugees	3
Music improvisation enhances neutral verbal and visual memory in musicians and non-musicians alike	3
Emerging wisdom through a traditional bon dance in group dance/movement therapy: A single case study of dementia	3
Body-speak: Poetic intervention for adult survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) – An autoethnographic approach	3
Regulatory effect of drawing on negative emotion: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	3
Therapeutic songwriting to address distress tolerance for adults on an acute care mental health unit: A pilot study	3
Associations Between Form, Content and Narrative in Person Picking an Apple from a Tree Drawings of Preschool Children	3
Globalization in art therapy education: Multicultural training in South Korean context	3
Using artistic activities within experiential psychotherapy to alleviate the psychological consequences of female infertility	3
Arts-based psychosocial training after the Yolanda typhoon in the Philippines	3
A Relational approach to art therapy	3
A gender-sensitive intervention in jail: A study of Italian men convicted of assaulting women or femicide	3
Toward creating positive masculinity? Art therapy as seen by male art therapists and male adolescent clients	3
Risk, rupture and change: Exploring the liminal space of the Open Studio in art therapy education	3
Arts-based supervision training for creative arts therapists: Perceptions and implications	3
The effects of psychodrama on the emotional awareness and communication skills of psychiatric nurses: A randomized controlled trial	3
Preliminary modelling for strategic planning in art therapy research: A multi-phase sequential mixed methods study	3
Promoting kindergarten readiness using early intervention art therapy with Latinx farmworker children	3
Break it then build again: An arts based duoethnographic pilot reconstructing music therapy and dance/movement therapy histories	3
Re-shaping body image: Tape sculptures as arts-based social justice	3
Art Therapy in The Arab World	2
Physiological measurements and emotional experiences of drawing and clay forming	2
Art therapy utilizing smartphones as a therapeutic stimulus to promote self-expression	2
A study on creative arts therapists’ human rights sensitivity	2
What does the literature teach us about research, theory, and the practice of art therapy for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities? A scoping review	2
“Time for Tony the Turtle”: Experiences with the use of a hand puppet in a program for young children in domestic violence shelters	2
Identifying the Mechanisms of Poetry Therapy and Perceived Effects on Participants: A Synthesised Replication Case Study	2
Companioning artmaking: Creating art alongside clients in group art therapy	2
The impact of art therapy on anxiety and hope in patients with gynecologic cancer undergoing chemotherapy	2
Evaluating a continuing professional development course on cognitive functions for Music Therapists working in care homes	2
Between Tele relation and I-Thou meeting: The therapeutic value of the psychodramatic concept of Tele from a Buberian approach	2
The effect of psychodrama on quality of life and sleep in mothers of children with cerebral palsy	2
Creative arts intervention to reduce burnout and decrease psychological distress in healthcare professionals: A qualitative analysis	2
Experiencing empathy in music therapy practice: A heuristics study	2
Social role development in playback theater groups in light of the Mackenzie and Livesley model	2
Participation in group music therapy: A preliminary study of the experiences and perceptions of adolescents who stammer	2
Exploring the adolescent-self through written and visual diaries	2
The Parent–Child Movement Scale (PCMS): Observing emotional facets of mother–child relationships through joint dance	2
A mixed-methods study on psychodrama treatment for PTSD and depression in inpatient substance use treatment: A comparison of outcomes pre-pandemic and during Covid-19	2
Post-disaster trauma and cultural healing in children and adolescents: Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake	2
The effectiveness of combining mindfulness and art-making on depression, anxiety and shame in sexual assault victims: A pilot study	2
Changes over time in therapeutic and art therapy working alliances in simulated art therapy sessions	2
Investigating impact: The effects of school-based art therapy on adolescent boys living in poverty	2
Psychological well-being and graphic representations of self in child victims of violence	2
Fragmentation of the self: Characteristics of sexual assault and implications in self-drawing	2
The meaning, challenges, and characteristics of art therapy for older Holocaust survivors	2
Contemporary artworks as transformational objects in art psychotherapy museum groupwork	2
Care work and social justice in creative arts therapy: Putting queer performance theory and disability justice in conversation with drama therapy	2
The experience of art therapists who work in private practice when retaining clients' artworks after therapy termination*	2
How do you know what you want? Service user views on decision aids for the arts therapies	2
A dance movement therapy intervention for people with a personality disorder: A Delphi study	2

Developing a theory of social art therapy: Insights from the context of crisis	2
Art therapy for children following adverse childhood experiences: An intervention development study	2
An exploratory study of the coming out road drawing: A novel growth promoting intervention for sexual and gender minority individuals	2
Flowing towards freedom with multimodal creative therapy: The healing power of therapeutic arts for ex cult-members	2
Sounding the changes: Clients report on GIM music used in cardiac rehabilitation	2
Effects of a dance program on psychophysiological variables in hospitalized patients with depression: A mixed model approach	2
‘‘You have your eyesight and you do not see:" Representations of sight and blindness as manifested in the artistic and verbal expressions of adults who grew up in the shadow of a secret	2
The body in the mind – Assessing the phenomenal self through paintings created by gynaecological cancer survivors	1
Analysis of the type of imagery and imagery themes from Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) sessions with adults in chemical dependency treatment	1
Online music listening programs for older adults with dementia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A feasibility study	1
Creating an art therapy research strategic plan: A community participatory approach	1
Effects of online group art therapy on psychological distress and quality of life after family bereavement: In COVID-19 pandemic	1
Aesthetic mutuality: A mechanism of change in the creative arts therapies as applied to dance/movement therapy	1
Validation of the grounding assessment tool for identifying emotional awareness and emotion regulation	1
The art of mentalizing: A mentalization-based art initiative with homeless people within a psychologically informed environment	1
Investigation into the production of meaning in autobiographical performance in dramatherapy	1
Mentalization and drama therapy	1
Dance movement therapy processes and interventions in the treatment of children with anxiety disorders derived from therapy logs	1
Exploring the concept of social art through a single session art activity with asylum seekers	1
Ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief in formal caregivers of people with dementia: Effectiveness of a training intervention with psychodrama	1
Beyond art expression: Understanding participants’ experience and outcomes of a vicarious trauma and response art workshop	1
Social peer rejection as reflected in drawings and narratives: To what extent does it reflect actual experience? A pilot study	1
Piano with a twist: A pilot study exploring the preliminary effects of a piano therapy program for children with autism spectrum disorder	1
Effectiveness of creative arts-based parent training for parents with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	1
Art-based emotion regulation in major depression: Framework for intervention	1
Case study of therapist-client co-creation for the treatment of relational trauma in children	1
Analysis of the body of literature based on a new drama therapy literature database	1
Actually, today was a good day, so today we're doing all right: Parental perspectives on a dyadic group art therapy intervention for parent and infant wellbeing and attachments	1
“It just gives people hope”: A qualitative inquiry into the lived experience of the Harry Potter world in mental health recovery	1
Beading Native Twitter: Indigenous arts-based approaches to healing and resurgence	1
Mortification meanderings: Contemplating ‘vulnerability with purpose’ in arts therapy education	1
Intersectionality and the Ethics of Care in the creative arts therapies	1
Clinical characteristics of home-based music therapy in supporting personhood in people with dementia	1
Art therapy and eating disorders: A mixed methods feasibility study	1
Moving together with you: Bodily expression of attachment	1
Community-based experiences during professional training: Successes and challenges	1
Arts-based spiritual care in healthcare: A participatory, scoping review	1
Feasibility of the Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation (MCRF) intervention to promote emotion regulation for under-resourced preschoolers: Examining intervention intensity	1
Client experiences of shifting from in-person to telehealth formats of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) sessions	1
Pivotal care practices: Care ethics in inclusive arts-based research with people labelled/with intellectual disability during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Emotional, physical, and sexual abuse reflected in Self-Figure drawings of Indian street children	1
The Spiritual Experience of Sufi Whirling Dervishes: Rising Above the Separation and Duality of This World	1
Feasibility and acceptability of the resilience songwriting program for adolescent bereavement	1
A year later: The pain protocol study findings and memory reconsolidation factors	1
Theoretical basis for dance movement therapy with transgender and nonbinary people	1
Playback Theatre: Group, stories, and stage as elements of change	1
Participants’ experiences of a receptive music therapy intervention that incorporates raga: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	1
Music in the practice of dance/movement therapy	1
Ka Suwe: Culturally sustaining and responsive practices in expressive therapies education	1
I carry your heart: A dialogue about coping, art, and therapy after a profound loss	1
Drama therapy and the treatment of eating disorders: Advancing towards clinical guidelines	1
Critical pedagogy in the undergraduate music therapy curriculum: A grounded theory study of music therapy educators	1
Drawings from a play-based intervention: Windows to the soul of rural Ugandan preschool children’s artistic development	1
Effects of music therapy on the subjective well-being of women with fibromyalgia: A quasi-experimental study	1
New music therapy faculty and the pursuit of fulfillment, success, and identity: A collective autoethnography	1