OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Arts in Psychotherapy is 4. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Receptive music therapy to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Italian clinical staff involved in COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary study	72
SandplayAR: Evaluation of psychometric game for people with generalized anxiety disorder	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
Creative arts therapies for the mental health of emerging adults: A systematic review	14
Tele-psychodrama therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic: Participants’ experiences	14
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
Identifying the mechanisms of poetry therapy and associated effects on participants: A synthesised review of empirical literature	11
Efficacy of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in young adult students: A multiple-case study design	11
Anti-oppressive music therapy: Updates and future considerations	10
Dance/movement therapy with resettled refugees: A guideline and framework based on empirical data	10
Understanding school-based drama therapy through the core processes: An analysis of intervention vignettes	10
Painting together: A parent-child dyadic art therapy group	10
The healing effect of goal-oriented dance and movement therapy in schizophrenia: A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial	10
Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Quantitative results from a mixed method pilot study	9
Development of a music therapy micro-intervention for stress reduction	9
Photovoice techniques and art therapy approaches with refugee and immigrant adolescents	9
Dance, rhythm, and autism spectrum disorder: An explorative study	8
The drama therapy core processes: A Delphi study establishing a North American perspective	8

The first 15 min in art therapy: Painting a picture from the past	8
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
The socio-emotional world of adolescents with intellectual disability: A drama therapy-based participatory action research	7
Art therapists’ fear of COVID-19, subjective well-being, and mindfulness	7
Loss, adaptation and growth: The experiences of creative arts therapists during the Covid-19 pandemic	7
Effectiveness of art therapy for people with eating disorders: A mixed methods systematic review	7
Short-term music therapy treatment for adolescents with depression – A pilot study	7
Dance intervention for people with dementia: Lessons learned from a small-sample crossover explorative study	7
Developing the professional identity of art therapy students as reflected in art therapy simulation sessions	6
Recovery-oriented dance movement therapy group with adults coping with severe mental health conditions: A controlled trial	6
Resilience enhancement in parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder through dance movement psychotherapy	6
Drawing on the brain: An ALE meta-analysis of functional brain activation during drawing	6
Logotherapy, existential analysis, music therapy: Theory and practice of meaning-oriented music therapy	6
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
Art in the time of corona: A thematic analysis	6
Team value and visual voice: Healthcare providers’ perspectives on the contributions and impact of Art Therapy in pediatric hematology/oncology clinics	6
Post-disaster trauma and cultural healing in children and adolescents: Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake	5
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 use of VR tilt brush in art and psychomotor therapy: An innovative perspective	5
Using an inclusive therapeutic theatre production to teach self-advocacy skills in young people with disabilities	5
Clarifying the Creative level of the Expressive Therapies Continuum: A different dimension	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
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
A pilot study of arts therapy techniques to evoke emotional states in forensic patients	5
Children drawing violence: To what extent does it reflect actual experience	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
The effects of psychodrama groups on feelings of inferiority, flourishing, and self-compassion in research assistants	5
The mother’s perspective of body knowledge and expressions as a language in mother-infant relationships	5
Sexism and cisgenderism in music therapy spaces: An exploration of gender microaggressions experienced by music therapists	5
The kinetic family in action: An intermodal assessment model	4
Music therapy treatments in an inpatient setting—A randomized pilot study	4
Preliminary modelling for strategic planning in art therapy research: A multi-phase sequential mixed methods study	4
Bridging the cultural gap: Challenges and coping mechanisms employed by Arab art therapists in Israel	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
Family members’ and other experts’ perceptions of music therapy with children on the autism spectrum in New Zealand: Findings from multiple case studies	4

Psychological symptoms and the use of shadow miniatures in sandplay therapy	4
I know what I like, and I like what I know: Patient preferences and expectations when choosing an arts therapies group	4
Emotional benefits of brief creative movement and art interventions	4
“Migrated onto the Screen”: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical practice of drama therapy	4
Visual Journaling using Art Therapy with Refugees	4
Proposing a justice approach to Ethics of Care in art psychotherapy	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
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
The effect of psychodrama sessions on psychotic symptoms, depression, quality of life, and sociometric measures in patients with chronic schizophrenia	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
Vision, concretism, repetitism. Typical artistic design features in drawings of adults with autism and intellectual disability	4
An evaluation of a developmental individual differences relationship-based (DIR®)- creative arts therapies program for children with autism	4