Arts in Psychotherapy

Article	Citations
SandplayAR: Evaluation of psychometric game for people with generalized anxiety disorder	28
Artistic creation in virtual reality for art therapy: A qualitative study with expert art therapists	26
Shifting to tele-creative arts therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study on helpful and challenging factors	21
Creative arts therapies for the mental health of emerging adults: A systematic review	20
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	18
Art making and virtual reality: A comparison study of physiological and psychological outcomes	16
Tele-psychodrama therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: Participants’ experiences	16
Understanding school-based drama therapy through the core processes: An analysis of intervention vignettes	13
Towards sustainable implementation of music in daily care of people with dementia and their spouses	13
The healing effect of goal-oriented dance and movement therapy in schizophrenia: A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial	13
Identifying the mechanisms of poetry therapy and associated effects on participants: A synthesised review of empirical literature	13
Development of a music therapy micro-intervention for stress reduction	12
Efficacy of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in young adult students: A multiple-case study design	12
Indigenous and traditional arts in art therapy: Value, meaning, and clinical implications	12
Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Quantitative results from a mixed method pilot study	12
Dance, rhythm, and autism spectrum disorder: An explorative study	11
Photovoice techniques and art therapy approaches with refugee and immigrant adolescents	11
Anti-oppressive music therapy: Updates and future considerations	11
Effectiveness of group art therapy for mothers of children with disabilities	11
Logotherapy, existential analysis, music therapy: Theory and practice of meaning-oriented music therapy	10
Clarifying the Creative level of the Expressive Therapies Continuum: A different dimension	10
The first 15 min in art therapy: Painting a picture from the past	10
The drama therapy core processes: A Delphi study establishing a North American perspective	9
Effects of patient-preferred live music on positive and negative affect and pain with adults on a post-surgical oncology unit: A randomized study	9
Effectiveness of art therapy for people with eating disorders: A mixed methods systematic review	9

Short-term music therapy treatment for adolescents with depression – A pilot study	9
Physiological measurements and emotional experiences of drawing and clay forming	8
Art therapists’ fear of COVID-19, subjective well-being, and mindfulness	8
Covid-19 and absence of music therapy: Impact on mother-child dyad during invasive procedures in pediatric oncology	8
Drawing on the brain: An ALE meta-analysis of functional brain activation during drawing	8
Recovery-oriented dance movement therapy group with adults coping with severe mental health conditions: A controlled trial	8
Benefits of an open art studio to military suicide survivors	8
A systematic review of music therapy interventions used to address emotional needs of older adults	7
Team value and visual voice: Healthcare providers’ perspectives on the contributions and impact of Art Therapy in pediatric hematology/oncology clinics	7
Music interventions and music therapy in disorders of consciousness – A systematic review of qualitative research	7
Effectiveness of group psychodrama on aggression and social anxiety of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomized clinical trial	7
Naming who performs care: Occupational segregation in the creative arts therapies	7
Characteristics of parent-child art psychotherapy in the education system	7
Moving forwards with competence: Developing industry competency standards for dance movement therapists across Australasia	7
The use of VR tilt brush in art and psychomotor therapy: An innovative perspective	7
Exploring the role and impact of visual art groups with multiple stakeholders in recovery-oriented mental health services	7
Art in the time of corona: A thematic analysis	7
Loss, adaptation and growth: The experiences of creative arts therapists during the Covid-19 pandemic	7
Using an inclusive therapeutic theatre production to teach self-advocacy skills in young people with disabilities	7
The effectiveness of combining mindfulness and art-making on depression, anxiety and shame in sexual assault victims: A pilot study	6
Culturally sensitive dance movement therapy for ultra-orthodox women: Group protocol targeting bodily and psychological self-perceptions	6
Resilience enhancement in parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder through dance movement psychotherapy	6
An evaluation of a developmental individual differences relationship-based (DIR®)- creative arts therapies program for children with autism	6
Proposing a justice approach to Ethics of Care in art psychotherapy	6
Post-disaster trauma and cultural healing in children and adolescents: Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake	6
Effect of art psychotherapy using marbling art on depression, anxiety, and hopelessness in female survivors of domestic violence with PTSD	6
Developing the professional identity of art therapy students as reflected in art therapy simulation sessions	6
Children drawing violence: To what extent does it reflect actual experience	6
Investigating impact: The effects of school-based art therapy on adolescent boys living in poverty	6
Music therapists’ empathic experiences of shared and differing orientations to religion and spirituality in the client-therapist relationship	6
Effects of online group art therapy on psychological distress and quality of life after family bereavement: In COVID-19 pandemic	6
Filmmaking and video as therapeutic tools: Case studies on autism spectrum disorder	6
Sexism and cisgenderism in music therapy spaces: An exploration of gender microaggressions experienced by music therapists	6
The impact of art therapy on anxiety and hope in patients with gynecologic cancer undergoing chemotherapy	5
Dramatherapy for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic integrative review	5
Beading Native Twitter: Indigenous arts-based approaches to healing and resurgence	5
How health-focused choirs adapted to the virtual world during the COVID-19 pandemic – An international survey	5
The perceived benefits of Dance Movement Therapy for parents of a child on the autism spectrum: A pilot study	5
The mother’s perspective of body knowledge and expressions as a language in mother-infant relationships	5
Regulatory effect of drawing on negative emotion: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	5
A comparison of the diagnostic power of FEATS and Bender-Gestalt test in identifying the problems of students with and without specific learning disorders	5
Globalization in art therapy education: Multicultural training in South Korean context	5
Bridging the cultural gap: Challenges and coping mechanisms employed by Arab art therapists in Israel	5
Care work and social justice in creative arts therapy: Putting queer performance theory and disability justice in conversation with drama therapy	5
Effect of Music on a Mindfulness Experience: An Online Study	5
A pilot study of arts therapy techniques to evoke emotional states in forensic patients	5
I know what I like, and I like what I know: Patient preferences and expectations when choosing an arts therapies group	5
The effect of psychodrama sessions on psychotic symptoms, depression, quality of life, and sociometric measures in patients with chronic schizophrenia	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 dance movement therapy intervention for people with a personality disorder: A Delphi study	5
The effects of psychodrama on the emotional awareness and communication skills of psychiatric nurses: A randomized controlled trial	5
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, physical, and sexual abuse reflected in Self-Figure drawings of Indian street children	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
Music improvisation enhances neutral verbal and visual memory in musicians and non-musicians alike	4
“Migrated onto the Screen”: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical practice of drama therapy	4
Arts-based supervision training for creative arts therapists: Perceptions and implications	4
The kinetic family in action: An intermodal assessment model	4
Psychological symptoms and the use of shadow miniatures in sandplay therapy	4
Break it then build again: An arts based duoethnographic pilot reconstructing music therapy and dance/movement therapy histories	4
Decreased activation in left prefrontal cortex during role-play: An fNIRS study of the psychodrama sociocognitive model	4
Psychological well-being and graphic representations of self in child victims of violence	4
Developing Music-based Emotion Regulation (MBER): A theoretical model for age-related depression prevention	4
Understanding how humour enables contact in music therapy relationships with persons living with dementia: A phenomenological arts-based reflexive study	4
Visual Journaling using Art Therapy with Refugees	4
Body-speak: Poetic intervention for adult survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) – An autoethnographic approach	4
Psychodrama oriented group therapy for forgiveness in university students	4
Associations Between Form, Content and Narrative in Person Picking an Apple from a Tree Drawings of Preschool Children	4
Preliminary modelling for strategic planning in art therapy research: A multi-phase sequential mixed methods study	4
Intersectionality and the Ethics of Care in the creative arts therapies	4
Reducing social anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty in adolescents with improvisational theater	4
Changes in general self-efficacy and mindfulness are associated with short-term improvements in mood during art-making in a partial hospital program	4
Vision, concretism, repetitism. Typical artistic design features in drawings of adults with autism and intellectual disability	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
Promoting kindergarten readiness using early intervention art therapy with Latinx farmworker children	4
The use of music therapy to address psychosocial needs of informal caregivers: An integrative review	3
Evaluating a continuing professional development course on cognitive functions for Music Therapists working in care homes	3
Therapeutic songwriting to address distress tolerance for adults on an acute care mental health unit: A pilot study	3
Music to decrease anxiety in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Art Therapy in The Arab World	3
Social role development in playback theater groups in light of the Mackenzie and Livesley model	3
Arts-based psychosocial training after the Yolanda typhoon in the Philippines	3
Vicarious trauma and response art: A professional development workshop for psychotherapists working with survivors of trauma	3
Analysis of the body of literature based on a new drama therapy literature database	3
Art therapy for children following adverse childhood experiences: An intervention development study	3
Mentalization and drama therapy	3
“It just gives people hope”: A qualitative inquiry into the lived experience of the Harry Potter world in mental health recovery	3
Effectiveness of creative arts-based parent training for parents with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	3
Using artistic activities within experiential psychotherapy to alleviate the psychological consequences of female infertility	3
Effects of a dance program on psychophysiological variables in hospitalized patients with depression: A mixed model approach	3
I carry your heart: A dialogue about coping, art, and therapy after a profound loss	3
What does the literature teach us about research, theory, and the practice of art therapy for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities? A scoping review	3
Dance movement therapy for Black womxn: A content analysis	3
“Time for Tony the Turtle”: Experiences with the use of a hand puppet in a program for young children in domestic violence shelters	3
Emerging wisdom through a traditional bon dance in group dance/movement therapy: A single case study of dementia	3
Playback Theatre: Group, stories, and stage as elements of change	3
Practicing in an expanded paradigm: Case examples and ethical anchors for creative arts therapists working in community-based social justice contexts	3
An exploratory study of the coming out road drawing: A novel growth promoting intervention for sexual and gender minority individuals	3
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
Participation in group music therapy: A preliminary study of the experiences and perceptions of adolescents who stammer	3
Beyond art expression: Understanding participants’ experience and outcomes of a vicarious trauma and response art workshop	3
A gender-sensitive intervention in jail: A study of Italian men convicted of assaulting women or femicide	3
A single case study of art therapy in a child with Crohn’s disease	3
Music in the practice of dance/movement therapy	3
Arts-based spiritual care in healthcare: A participatory, scoping review	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
Promoting social-emotional skills and reducing behavioural problems in children through group psychomotor therapy: A randomized controlled trial	2
Aesthetic mutuality: A mechanism of change in the creative arts therapies as applied to dance/movement therapy	2
Piano with a twist: A pilot study exploring the preliminary effects of a piano therapy program for children with autism spectrum disorder	2
Identifying the Mechanisms of Poetry Therapy and Perceived Effects on Participants: A Synthesised Replication Case Study	2
Contemporary artworks as transformational objects in art psychotherapy museum groupwork	2
A preliminary study using a mobile app as a dance/movement therapy intervention to reduce anxiety and enhance the mindfulness of adolescents in South Korea	2
Fragmentation of the self: Characteristics of sexual assault and implications in self-drawing	2
Dance movement therapy processes and interventions in the treatment of children with anxiety disorders derived from therapy logs	2
Art therapy utilizing smartphones as a therapeutic stimulus to promote self-expression	2
Exploring the adolescent-self through written and visual diaries	2
Art-based emotion regulation in major depression: Framework for intervention	2
Changes over time in therapeutic and art therapy working alliances in simulated art therapy sessions	2
Companioning artmaking: Creating art alongside clients in group art therapy	2
Perceived effects of drama therapy in people diagnosed with personality disorders: A qualitative study	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
A somatic approach to vocal psychotherapy for bereaved adults with attachment trauma	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
Ka Suwe: Culturally sustaining and responsive practices in expressive therapies education	2
‘The Music was Speaking to Me’: Using narrative inquiry to describe sacred moments with music	2
Lyric analysis in adult mental health settings: An exploratory interpretivist study of music therapists’ clinical decision-making processes	2

How do you know what you want? Service user views on decision aids for the arts therapies	2
Effects of music therapy on the subjective well-being of women with fibromyalgia: A quasi-experimental study	2
Developing a theory of social art therapy: Insights from the context of crisis	2
Child-focused outcome and process evaluation of a school-based art therapy intervention: A pilot randomised controlled study	2
Pivotal care practices: Care ethics in inclusive arts-based research with people labelled/with intellectual disability during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Increased functional connectivity in military service members presenting a psychological closure and healing theme in art therapy masks	2
Specters of whiteness: Radical care for ghostly matters in art therapy	2
Experiencing empathy in music therapy practice: A heuristics study	2
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	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 meaning, challenges, and characteristics of art therapy for older Holocaust survivors	2
An overview of historical and contemporary perspectives in art therapy in Spain: A bibliometric analysis of Spanish art therapy research	2
The Parent–Child Movement Scale (PCMS): Observing emotional facets of mother–child relationships through joint dance	2
A study on creative arts therapists’ human rights sensitivity	2
Applying principles of mentalizing based therapy to music therapy methods	1
Theoretical basis for dance movement therapy with transgender and nonbinary people	1
Exploring the effects of nature-based art therapy on happiness and life satisfaction	1
The impact of systemic language in music therapy and western healthcare systems: A Canadian perspective	1
Psychodrama as an intervention management instrument for internal/external adolescent problems: A systematic literature review	1
Drama therapy and the treatment of eating disorders: Advancing towards clinical guidelines	1
Art therapy with adult refugees: A systematic review of qualitative research	1
Dadaism in poetry therapy: The heart of words and the freedom of nonsense	1
Community-based experiences during professional training: Successes and challenges	1
Drawings from a play-based intervention: Windows to the soul of rural Ugandan preschool children’s artistic development	1
Commentary: Troubling care	1
The body in the mind – Assessing the phenomenal self through paintings created by gynaecological cancer survivors	1
A year later: The pain protocol study findings and memory reconsolidation factors	1
Joint drawings as a tool for observing couple relationships: Development of the, Couples’ Closeness-Distance Scale (CCDS)	1
Online music listening programs for older adults with dementia during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A feasibility study	1
Expressive arts therapy: A profession in a “wild zone”	1
Evaluation of an arts therapies approach to team development for non-acute healthcare teams in low control and high-pressure environments	1
Validation of the grounding assessment tool for identifying emotional awareness and emotion regulation	1
Art and emotion processing among arab breast cancer survivors: An exploratory study	1
Ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief in formal caregivers of people with dementia: Effectiveness of a training intervention with psychodrama	1
Art therapy and eating disorders: A mixed methods feasibility study	1
A structural analysis of variables related to therapeutic outcomes as perceived by music therapists and clients in guided imagery and music	1
How art-as-therapy supports participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia: A phenomenological lifeworld investigation	1
Client experiences of shifting from in-person to telehealth formats of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) sessions	1
Critical pedagogy in the undergraduate music therapy curriculum: A grounded theory study of music therapy educators	1
New music therapy faculty and the pursuit of fulfillment, success, and identity: A collective autoethnography	1
The Spiritual Experience of Sufi Whirling Dervishes: Rising Above the Separation and Duality of This World	1
Investigating dramatherapists' experiences of adult clients' stigma in relation to their mental health difficulties	1
Feasibility and acceptability of the resilience songwriting program for adolescent bereavement	1
The experience of school-based dramatherapists: Understanding the barriers and facilitators of UK school-based dramatherapy to inform better implementation	1
Creating an art therapy research strategic plan: A community participatory approach	1
A comparison study between 3D virtual reality art-making and 2D art-making with traditional art materials among adolescents	1
The influence of art material and instruction during art making on brain activity: A quantitative electroencephalogram study	1
Case study of therapist-client co-creation for the treatment of relational trauma in children	1
Participants’ experiences of a receptive music therapy intervention that incorporates raga: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	1
Exploring the concept of social art through a single session art activity with asylum seekers	1
Growing a small world: College students’ perceptions of making and tending an expressive terrarium	1
Moving together with you: Bodily expression of attachment	1
Six adolescents’ lived experiences of resource-oriented music therapy assessment in a community-based mental health day program	1
A systematic review of dramatherapy interventions which are used to support adult participants’ mental health in forensic settings	1
Commentary: Moving into an embodied aesthetic theory of care	1
The use of the BASIC Ph model as an additional listening tool for Playback Theater performers and conductors: An exploratory study	1
Feasibility of the Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation (MCRF) intervention to promote emotion regulation for under-resourced preschoolers: Examining intervention intensity	1
Social peer rejection as reflected in drawings and narratives: To what extent does it reflect actual experience? A pilot study	1
Shifting Ethics of Care in Hong Kong	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
An explanatory sequential pilot inquiry on music therapy and performance anxiety in university music education majors	1
The art of mentalizing: A mentalization-based art initiative with homeless people within a psychologically informed environment	1