Arts in Psychotherapy

Article	Citations
Psychological symptoms and the use of shadow miniatures in sandplay therapy	30
The experience of school-based dramatherapists: Understanding the barriers and facilitators of UK school-based dramatherapy to inform better implementation	27
Arts psychotherapies for adolescents with mental health difficulties: A systematic review and logic model of mechanisms of action and outcomes	25
Clarifying the Creative level of the Expressive Therapies Continuum: A different dimension	20
Beneficial and harmful music for substance use disorder clients: Implementation of the musical presentation technique	19
The use of music therapy to address psychosocial needs of informal caregivers: An integrative review	18
Integrating the embodiment-projection-role paradigm to develop and implement a two-hour-workshop for stress management among nurses	17
Psychodrama’s effects on PTSD, depression, anxiety, traumatic grief, prolonged grief disorder, and spontaneity: A mixed methods study in inpatient addiction treatment	16
Group music therapy for Chinese doctoral student mothers in Korea: A qualitative case study	16
“Time for Tony the Turtle”: Experiences with the use of a hand puppet in a program for young children in domestic violence shelters	15
Open studio therapeutic aspects as experienced by adolescents in a psychiatric day treatment unit: A qualitative analysis	14
Korean dance/movement therapists’ clinical experiences working with individuals with developmental disabilities: Phenomenological study	14
The creative arts therapies and the climate crisis: Toward a framework for intentional engagement	14
A pilot study of arts therapy techniques to evoke emotional states in forensic patients	13
Move freely! – A theoretical overview of the mechanism of movement improvisation	13
Visual Journaling using Art Therapy with Refugees	12
Decolonizing internal and external borders: Reflections on therapeutic engagements with asylum seekers	10
Future time perspectives of older adults as reflected through digital photocollage	10
The Parent–Child Movement Scale (PCMS): Observing emotional facets of mother–child relationships through joint dance	9
Acknowledgement to Reviewers	9
Arts therapists’ perceptions of working in educational settings in youth psychiatric wards	9
Qualifying public perceptions of art therapy: A mixed methods study of community discussion forums	9
Developing Music-based Emotion Regulation (MBER): A theoretical model for age-related depression prevention	8
What does the literature teach us about research, theory, and the practice of art therapy for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities? A scoping review	8
Music improvisation enhances neutral verbal and visual memory in musicians and non-musicians alike	8

Identifying the mechanisms of poetry therapy and associated effects on participants: A synthesised review of empirical literature	8
Explanatory sequential descriptive analysis of music therapists’ clinical practice for individuals with eating disorders	8
Drama therapists’ attitudes and perspectives regarding dis/ability: A community survey	8
Arts Therapies and People with Visual Impairment: A Scoping Review	8
The impact of group art therapy in post-acute cancer care: A longitudinal qualitative study	8
How health-focused choirs adapted to the virtual world during the COVID-19 pandemic – An international survey	7
The change in aesthetic experience and empathic concern predicts theory of mind ability: Evidence from drama improvisation training	7
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Psychosocial benefits of engaging in heritage arts practices in art therapy	7
An overview of historical and contemporary perspectives in art therapy in Spain: A bibliometric analysis of Spanish art therapy research	7
The impact of systemic language in music therapy and western healthcare systems: A Canadian perspective	7
Group tele-art therapy intervention in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: A randomized control study	7
“After the Tempest”: Assessing audience response through Playback Theatre	7
Music therapy and silence – Silence in music therapy. A systematic review	7
Moving together with you: Bodily expression of attachment	7
Loss, adaptation and growth: The experiences of creative arts therapists during the Covid-19 pandemic	7
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Development of a music therapy micro-intervention for stress reduction	6
Dramatherapy for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic integrative review	6
Reducing social anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty in adolescents with improvisational theater	6
Creative arts intervention to reduce burnout and decrease psychological distress in healthcare professionals: A qualitative analysis	6
The meaning, challenges, and characteristics of art therapy for older Holocaust survivors	6
North American drama therapists’ attitudes toward research	6
The effectiveness of group art therapy in a clinically heterogenous sample: Randomized controlled trial	6
Case study of therapist-client co-creation for the treatment of relational trauma in children	6
Brain activation in response to art-based tasks using diverse materials based on the Expressive Therapy Continuum (ETC)	6
Do we see you? A systematic review of diversity representation in art therapy research conducted between 2010-2020	6
Audio analysis reveals mutual associations between clients’ and therapists’ vocal timbres in Guided Imagery and Music sessions	5
Music in the moment: The use of a musical intervention to impact state experiences	5
Increased functional connectivity in military service members presenting a psychological closure and healing theme in art therapy masks	5
Aesthetic distance: Conceptualization and practical use	5
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Art therapy as a bridge to expand burn care beyond surgery: Providers’ perspectives in an inpatient burn center	5
Modified amusement park technique with a SUD population in a residential setting	5
The effects of sandplay therapy on the limbic system and prefrontal cortex in women with generalized anxiety disorder	5
The expressive therapies continuum and mentalization-based art therapy for individuals diagnosed with a cluster B/C personality disorder: A successful marriage!	5
A theoretical model of emotional processing in visual artmaking and art therapy	5
Promoting social-emotional skills and reducing behavioural problems in children through group psychomotor therapy: A randomized controlled trial	5
Perceived effects of drama therapy in people diagnosed with personality disorders: A qualitative study	5
Therapist perceived active ingredients of school-based dramatherapy for children and young people with emotional distress	5
Analysis of the body of literature based on a new drama therapy literature database	5
A mixed methods exploration of a pilot photo-reflection intervention for enhancing coping and well-being during COVID-19	5
Art therapy as a treatment for adults with learning disabilities who are experiencing mental distress: A configurative systematic review with narrative synthesis	4
Body-speak: Poetic intervention for adult survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) – An autoethnographic approach	4
The effects of psychodrama on the emotional awareness and communication skills of psychiatric nurses: A randomized controlled trial	4
Commentary: Troubling care	4
Exploring the adolescent-self through written and visual diaries	4
Physiological measurements and emotional experiences of drawing and clay forming	4
‘The Music was Speaking to Me’: Using narrative inquiry to describe sacred moments with music	4

Critical pedagogy in the undergraduate music therapy curriculum: A grounded theory study of music therapy educators	4
Effects of music therapy on the subjective well-being of women with fibromyalgia: A quasi-experimental study	4
Joint music sessions, parents, and their lesbian and gay young adult children: Effectiveness on the ‘coming out’ process, relationships, and wellbeing	4
Music therapy group for women outpatients with major depressive disorder under treatment as usual in a psychiatric institution: non-randomized pilot trial	4
Joint sand painting as a potential intervention technique in parent-child art psychotherapy: The subjective experiences of mothers and children in a non-therapeutic setting	4
Commentary: Moving into an embodied aesthetic theory of care	4
Understanding how humour enables contact in music therapy relationships with persons living with dementia: A phenomenological arts-based reflexive study	4
Gender-based violence comes on the scene: Creative Arts Therapies intervention in prison with men who committed or tried to commit feminicide	4
Deconstructing trauma narratives: A critical interpretive synthesis of research into music therapy and psychological trauma in adults	4
Exploring factors affecting art therapists’ intention to embrace virtual reality using UTAUT1	4
Committing to arts-based palliative and bereavement care: Evaluation of students’ experiences in an online course	4
Community-based experiences during professional training: Successes and challenges	4
Dance movement therapy for Black womxn: A content analysis	4
The drama therapy core processes: A Delphi study establishing a North American perspective	4
A year later: The pain protocol study findings and memory reconsolidation factors	4
Art and emotion processing among arab breast cancer survivors: An exploratory study	4
A study exploring dance/movement therapy's affinity with the body training system by Lee-chen Lin in Taiwan: A focus on self-concept	4
Drama therapy and the treatment of eating disorders: Advancing towards clinical guidelines	4
Human rights education experience for human rights sensitivity among Korean creative arts therapists: A focus on art and music therapists	3
Client experiences of shifting from in-person to telehealth formats of Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) sessions	3
Drawings from a play-based intervention: Windows to the soul of rural Ugandan preschool children’s artistic development	3
Sounding the changes: Clients report on GIM music used in cardiac rehabilitation	3
Two ways to measure interpersonal synchrony in dance/movement therapy: Comparing accelerometer data with observational data	3
Anti-oppressive music therapy: Updates and future considerations	3
From art to insight: The role of a creative arts therapies group workshop on college students' well-being, self-awareness, and loneliness	3
Short-term music therapy treatment for adolescents with depression – A pilot study	3
Art therapy with young individuals with sickle cell disease: Understanding the clinical practices, challenges, and barriers	3
Implementing expressive writing therapy in a virtual setting: A feasibility trial for survivors of intimate partner violence	3
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Assessing dance movement therapy in Chinese undergraduates with depression and anxiety: An initial randomized controlled trial	3
Music therapists’ empathic experiences of shared and differing orientations to religion and spirituality in the client-therapist relationship	3
Theoretically grounded music therapy interventions for people with obsessive compulsive disorder	3
Moving together: Assessing the effectiveness of group mother-child dance and movement therapy	3
The impact of creative arts therapies on emotional speechlessness in cancer: A pilot study	3
Standing tall: A continuing education program and participatory study offered to arts therapists working in the israeli education system	3
Theoretical basis for dance movement therapy with transgender and nonbinary people	3
Dance movement psychotherapy intervention protocol for the caregivers of children on the autism spectrum: Development and fidelity evaluation	3
Creative art diaries as a tool to support the development of professional competencies in therapeutic work with clients	3
Changes over time in therapeutic and art therapy working alliances in simulated art therapy sessions	3
Art therapy as a therapeutic resource integrated into mental health programmes: Components, effects and integration pathways	3
"Pictures from the unconscious" – Art making within Jungian analysis	3
Exploring play experience with Japanese science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduates in interactive art making: A qualitative study	3
Decreased activation in left prefrontal cortex during role-play: An fNIRS study of the psychodrama sociocognitive model	3
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“A springboard back to life”: The voices of people with mental health conditions on the process and outcomes of a pre-academic arts program	2
Reducing the burden of care: Effect of art and dance therapy on Parkinson’s disease patients’ caregivers	2
The perceived benefits of Dance Movement Therapy for parents of a child on the autism spectrum: A pilot study	2
Art therapy with adult refugees: A systematic review of qualitative research	2
Art therapy with military families: The animal strengths and family environment directive	2
Shifting to tele-creative arts therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study on helpful and challenging factors	2
Feasibility of the Musical Contour Regulation Facilitation (MCRF) intervention to promote emotion regulation for under-resourced preschoolers: Examining intervention intensity	2
Playback Theatre applications: A systematic review of literature	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
Do children’s family drawings reflect adaptation in early years of elementary school?	2
Music in the practice of dance/movement therapy	2
Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of the Revised Spontaneity Assessment Inventory (SAI-R-C)	2
Combining music and dance movement therapy for people with dementia living in the community: A mixed methods feasibility study	2
Social role development in playback theater groups in light of the Mackenzie and Livesley model	2
“Migrated onto the Screen”: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical practice of drama therapy	2
Art therapist’s interventions in terms of the potential space in an open studio for at-risk children: Vignette analyses	2
Supporting children of terminally ill adults: An arts-based psychoeducational narrative approach	2
Shifting Ethics of Care in Hong Kong	2
The role of puppetry in mental health promotion: A scoping review of its efficacy and applications	2
Companioning artmaking: Creating art alongside clients in group art therapy	2
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Psychological flexibility in art therapy: Practice-based research	2
The effect of drama therapy on depressive symptoms and quality of life among older adults in residential care facilities: A systematic review	2
“I function when I’m painting” – Consumers, carers and staff experiences of an art and mental health recovery project in Fiji	2
Photovoice techniques and art therapy approaches with refugee and immigrant adolescents	2
Supporting families to engage in music making with preschool children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities at home: An interpretivist multi-case study	2
Art therapists' experiences of countertransference with clients with intellectual disabilities	2
Effectiveness of art therapy for people with eating disorders: A mixed methods systematic review	2
Outcomes and experiences of an online Balance-Space music therapy intervention for cancer patients: A mixed methods study	1
Dance therapy and the criminal justice system: Considering traditional and critical perspectives in prisons, forensic mental health and addiction care	1
How art-as-therapy supports participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia: A phenomenological lifeworld investigation	1
The effects of a single-session pictorial collage on self-reported anxiety of adults diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury	1
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I carry your heart: A dialogue about coping, art, and therapy after a profound loss	1
Emerging wisdom through a traditional bon dance in group dance/movement therapy: A single case study of dementia	1

Trends in dance/movement therapy research: A bibliometric analysis of publications in the scopus bibliographic and citation information database	1
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“Some small worm is chewing my stomach”: Chronic pain in movement and narratives, a cross-sectional study	1
Music therapy and anhedonia: A case study	1
Trauma-informed music therapy with adult survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault: A scoping review	1
“Can I really be authentic?” A co-created critical autoethnography on whiteness in dance/movement therapy education	1
SandplayAR: Evaluation of psychometric game for people with generalized anxiety disorder	1
The impact of art therapy on anxiety and hope in patients with gynecologic cancer undergoing chemotherapy	1
Covid-19 and absence of music therapy: Impact on mother-child dyad during invasive procedures in pediatric oncology	1
New music therapy faculty and the pursuit of fulfillment, success, and identity: A collective autoethnography	1
Evaluation of an arts therapies approach to team development for non-acute healthcare teams in low control and high-pressure environments	1
Exploring a therapeutic songwriting program with three people experiencing homelessness and their communities through a cross case analysis	1
Effects of online group art therapy on psychological distress and quality of life after family bereavement: In COVID-19 pandemic	1
Beyond art expression: Understanding participants’ experience and outcomes of a vicarious trauma and response art workshop	1
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Ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief in formal caregivers of people with dementia: Effectiveness of a training intervention with psychodrama	1
Family members’ and other experts’ perceptions of music therapy with children on the autism spectrum in New Zealand: Findings from multiple case studies	1
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Art therapy for children following adverse childhood experiences: An intervention development study	1
A proposed Critical Theory of Music Vilification to explain “problem music”	1
Evaluating a continuing professional development course on cognitive functions for Music Therapists working in care homes	1
Exploring attunement among clinicians-in-training via group drumming	1
Cooking therapy in the creative arts therapy theoretical context: Conceptual validation and practical guidelines	1
Investigating the effects of group dance movement therapy sessions in adults living with treatment resistant depression: A mixed method case series	1
Using implementation methods to study a combined dance/movement therapy (DMT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) protocol at an inpatient substance use setting	1
Developing a theory of social art therapy: Insights from the context of crisis	1
Problem-solving expressions in preschool children’s "Person Picking an Apple from a Tree" drawings and verbal narratives	1
The use of VR tilt brush in art and psychomotor therapy: An innovative perspective	1
Music therapists’ perspectives on nature-connecting methods and the integration of nature in music therapy: Results of a survey among German and Austrian music therapists	1
Ka Suwe: Culturally sustaining and responsive practices in expressive therapies education	1
Growing a small world: College students’ perceptions of making and tending an expressive terrarium	1
Art-based emotion regulation in major depression: Framework for intervention	1
Creating an art therapy research strategic plan: A community participatory approach	1
The Spiritual Experience of Sufi Whirling Dervishes: Rising Above the Separation and Duality of This World	1
Practicing in an expanded paradigm: Case examples and ethical anchors for creative arts therapists working in community-based social justice contexts	1
Process evaluation of an art therapeutic treatment for children and adolescents with psychosocial problems	1
An exploratory study of the coming out road drawing: A novel growth promoting intervention for sexual and gender minority individuals	1
Your life within me: Exploring a visual art journal group intervention for women who experienced stillbirth	1
Naming who performs care: Occupational segregation in the creative arts therapies	1
Creative art therapies in the treatment of adolescents with eating disorders: An integrative review and thematic network analysis	1
Sociocultural trends in music therapists’ clinical music choices	1