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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Receptive music therapy to reduce stress and improve wellbeing in Italian clinical staff involved in COVID-19 pandemic: A preliminary study	74
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	23
Aesthetic presence: The role of the arts in the education of creative arts therapists in the classroom and online	22
Shifting to tele-creative arts therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international study on helpful and challenging factors	20
Intervention effect of psychodrama on depression and anxiety: A meta-analysis based on Chinese samples	16
The body communicates: Movement synchrony during music therapy with children diagnosed with ASD	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	14
Art making and virtual reality: A comparison study of physiological and psychological outcomes	14
The healing effect of goal-oriented dance and movement therapy in schizophrenia: A rater-blinded randomized controlled trial	12
Identifying the mechanisms of poetry therapy and associated effects on participants: A synthesised review of empirical literature	12
Towards sustainable implementation of music in daily care of people with dementia and their spouses	12
Dance/movement therapy with resettled refugees: A guideline and framework based on empirical data	12
Efficacy of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy to reduce depressive symptoms in young adult students: A multiple-case study design	11
Understanding school-based drama therapy through the core processes: An analysis of intervention vignettes	11
Painting together: A parent-child dyadic art therapy group	11
Anti-oppressive music therapy: Updates and future considerations	10
Development of a music therapy micro-intervention for stress reduction	10
Indigenous and traditional arts in art therapy: Value, meaning, and clinical implications	9
The first 15 min in art therapy: Painting a picture from the past	9
Art therapy drawing protocols for chronic pain: Quantitative results from a mixed method pilot study	9
Photovoice techniques and art therapy approaches with refugee and immigrant adolescents	9

The effects of combining art psychotherapy with pharmacotherapy in treating major depressive disorder: Randomized control study	9
Effectiveness of group art therapy for mothers of children with disabilities	9
Covid-19 and absence of music therapy: Impact on mother-child dyad during invasive procedures in pediatric oncology	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
Benefits of an open art studio to military suicide survivors	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 drama therapy core processes: A Delphi study establishing a North American perspective	8
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
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
Recovery-oriented dance movement therapy group with adults coping with severe mental health conditions: A controlled trial	7
Dance intervention for people with dementia: Lessons learned from a small-sample crossover explorative study	7
Short-term music therapy treatment for adolescents with depression – A pilot study	7
Naming who performs care: Occupational segregation in the creative arts therapies	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
Developing the professional identity of art therapy students as reflected in art therapy simulation sessions	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
Resilience enhancement in parents of children with an autism spectrum disorder through dance movement psychotherapy	6
Logotherapy, existential analysis, music therapy: Theory and practice of meaning-oriented music therapy	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
Drawing on the brain: An ALE meta-analysis of functional brain activation during drawing	6
Music interventions and music therapy in disorders of consciousness – A systematic review of qualitative research	6
Effect of art psychotherapy using marbling art on depression, anxiety, and hopelessness in female survivors of domestic violence with PTSD	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
Proposing a justice approach to Ethics of Care in art psychotherapy	5
Clarifying the Creative level of the Expressive Therapies Continuum: A different dimension	5
Emotional benefits of brief creative movement and art interventions	5
A systematic review of music therapy interventions used to address emotional needs of older adults	5
A grounded theory of music therapists’ approach to goal processes within their clinical practice	5
Effectiveness of group psychodrama on aggression and social anxiety of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomized clinical trial	5
An evaluation of a developmental individual differences relationship-based (DIR®)- creative arts therapies program for children with autism	5
Children drawing violence: To what extent does it reflect actual experience	5
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
The effect of psychodrama sessions on psychotic symptoms, depression, quality of life, and sociometric measures in patients with chronic schizophrenia	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
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
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
Finding reconnection: Using art-based intersectional self-reflexivity to ignite profession based community care in the arts therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic	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
Investigating impact: The effects of school-based art therapy on adolescent boys living in poverty	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
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
Invisible complicity in LGBTQI art therapy: A series of case studies in response to Hadley's call for the need for vigilance	4
Care work and social justice in creative arts therapy: Putting queer performance theory and disability justice in conversation with drama therapy	4
Visual Journaling using Art Therapy with Refugees	4
Vision, concretism, repetitism. Typical artistic design features in drawings of adults with autism and intellectual disability	4
Regulatory effect of drawing on negative emotion: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	4
Promoting kindergarten readiness using early intervention art therapy with Latinx farmworker children	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
How health-focused choirs adapted to the virtual world during the COVID-19 pandemic – An international survey	4
Developing Music-based Emotion Regulation (MBER): A theoretical model for age-related depression prevention	4
A dance movement therapy intervention for people with a personality disorder: A Delphi study	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
Associations Between Form, Content and Narrative in Person Picking an Apple from a Tree Drawings of Preschool Children	4
I know what I like, and I like what I know: Patient preferences and expectations when choosing an arts therapies group	4
Psychological symptoms and the use of shadow miniatures in sandplay therapy	4
Bridging the cultural gap: Challenges and coping mechanisms employed by Arab art therapists in Israel	4