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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"art therapists"”.
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Understanding the Natural Lives of Trees: Implications for Art Therapists
… of trees, and their possible implications for Art Therapy. Understanding the natural history and life of trees may give art therapists greater insight into tree drawings. The historical component discusses a tree's natural history, anatomy, life cycle, and the symbolism of trees found in …
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The Influence of Time and Professioanlization on The Evolution of Art Therapists Identity
… of time and socialization to the profession on art therapist identity. Twelve therapists who use art therapy in practice, and are members of the Northern California Art Therapy Association, were interviewed. Areas explored in the data gathering process included perceived changes in identity …
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Significant Images of Mary
… purpose of this historical thesis is to aid art therapists in recognizing the importance of a feminine or maternal figure, such as The Virgin Mary, in their client’s artwork. Understanding spiritual and/or religious figures, especially a universal mother figure, are crucial to art therapists …
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The Meeting of Two Minds in the Intermediate State: The Art Therapist as a Guide in the In-Between, Immersed and Assisted by Contemplative and Transpersonal Theory
… to explore the space which arises between the art therapist and the client’s minds when working in a “we” state of togetherness. Six professional art therapists who had experience with the liminal space were interviewed about their lived experience. From the phenomenological analysis of …
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Your Brain on Art: Art Therapy in a Museum Setting and its Potential at the Rubin Musuem of Art
<p>Art therapy-based programs could open the doors of the museum to another population of visitors with disabilities, particularly those suffering from mental illness and in need of healing and wellness. The above statement serves as the core of this thesis with the ultimate goal to analyze and …
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Acquiring New Knowledge Through Art Self-Exploration and Collective Journaling to Enhance Cultural Humility in Art Therapy
… experience to address a paradigm shift in art therapy. It addresses the concern of how to expand art therapy into collective communities, while respecting the knowledge, wisdom, and methods that already exist and are practiced in these, to foster cultural humility in art therapy. The …
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God Images: A Graphic Documentary
… Implications of this research for verbal and art therapists are discussed. Due to an inadequate sample size for the other demographics analyzed, results for these demographics are potentially less valid. Nevertheless, the overall diversity of God images documented by the results of this survey …
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A Jungian Based Study for Diagnosing Acculturative Stress Within the Hispainc Immigrant and Refugee Population
… of the Hispanic immigrant and refugee. Sixty participants were assessed according to their visual preferences of the five most-liked visual constructs and the five least-liked visual constructs. The AVPT is divided into the four Jungian archetypal categories: feminine, masculine, self, and …
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A Heuristic and Qualitative Study Investigating the Mechanisms of Change in Art Therapy
… to the phenomena of mechanisms of change in art therapy. Further understanding and identification of mechanisms of change that advance clients toward therapeutic goals is needed in the field of art therapy. This study was particularly focused on gaining further understanding of the triadic …
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Creative solutions for a better relationship: Utilizing art therapy to improve communication in cross-cultural couple counseling
<p>The hypothesis of this research study was that art therapy would help cross-cultural couples improve their communication skills through better understanding of each other’s cultural differences. Five cross-cultural couples were selected, composed of one partner from an individualistic culture …
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Motivation and Perceived Barriers for Underrepresented Students Interested in Art Therapy
… racial and gender disparities exist in art therapy (AT), with 90% of U.S. art therapists identifying as White and female. This has been identified as a major concern of both practitioners and educators, though little research has been performed. To understand the role of student …
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Does The Picture Fit the Diagnosis? A Comparison of an Art Therapy Assessment, A Person Picking an Apple From a Tree (PPAT) and Existing DSM IV-TR Diagnoses in Children with Severe Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
… DSM- IV-TR diagnoses in student files and the art therapy assessment to draw “A Person Picking an Apple from a Tree" as measured by the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale (Gantt & Tabone. 1998). A pool of thirty-eight students enrolled in county special education classes for behaviorally and …
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Mindfulness and Self-Compassion: Attuning skills in self-awareness to promote self-care for Art Therapy practitioners a mixed-methods study using a Mandala art directive and Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
… people in the mental health field, specifically, Art Therapists and graduate trainees who undergo many stressors in and out of the therapy space. Stressors like emotionally demanding situations with clients, to the demands of keeping up with proper work-related procedures, and needed educational …
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The Art Encounter for Self-Reflection: An Art-Based Phenomenological Inquiry
<p>This art-based study sought to illuminate the phenomenon of the art encounter for self-reflection through a mixed method approach; integrating the results from a qualitative interpretative phenomenological analysis with quantitative data reflecting artists’ relationship with and beliefs about …
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Finding our place in the garden : a holistic approach to art education
… Our Place In The Garden--A Holistic Approach To Art Education is a qualitative research based on the art practices of an alternative community-based rehabilitation program for children with disabilities. The program takes place in an outdoor natural environment in which children with and children …
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Three Decades of Trauma-informed Education and Art Therapy: An Effectiveness Study
… been integrating trauma-informed education and art therapy for three decades to treat adolescents who have experienced complex trauma, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and toxic stress. To date, no clinical-effectiveness outcomes research or systematic program evaluation had been conducted …
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