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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

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
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
Open studio therapeutic aspects as experienced by adolescents in a psychiatric day treatment unit: A qualitative analysis	14
Move freely! – A theoretical overview of the mechanism of movement improvisation	13
A pilot study of arts therapy techniques to evoke emotional states in forensic patients	13
Visual Journaling using Art Therapy with Refugees	12
Future time perspectives of older adults as reflected through digital photocollage	10
Decolonizing internal and external borders: Reflections on therapeutic engagements with asylum seekers	10
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
The Parent–Child Movement Scale (PCMS): Observing emotional facets of mother–child relationships through joint dance	9
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
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
The change in aesthetic experience and empathic concern predicts theory of mind ability: Evidence from drama improvisation training	7
Editorial Board	7
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
How health-focused choirs adapted to the virtual world during the COVID-19 pandemic – An international survey	7
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
Editorial Board	6
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
Editorial Board	5
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
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
Editorial Board	5
‘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
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
Music therapy group for women outpatients with major depressive disorder under treatment as usual in a psychiatric institution: non-randomized pilot trial	4
Understanding how humour enables contact in music therapy relationships with persons living with dementia: A phenomenological arts-based reflexive study	4

Commentary: Moving into an embodied aesthetic theory of care	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
The drama therapy core processes: A Delphi study establishing a North American perspective	4
Dance movement therapy for Black womxn: A content analysis	4
Art and emotion processing among arab breast cancer survivors: An exploratory study	4
A year later: The pain protocol study findings and memory reconsolidation factors	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
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
Exploring the adolescent-self through written and visual diaries	4
Commentary: Troubling care	4
Physiological measurements and emotional experiences of drawing and clay forming	4