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Direct linkGerber, Nancy; Kapitan, Lynn; Forinash, Michele; Gussak, David; Civita, Jennifer La; Kaimal, Girija – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2021
The development of doctoral education in art therapy is essential due to the increasing demand for research and evidence-based practice. This demand warrants the allocation of resources to prepare art therapy researchers or stewards of the profession charged with generating a strong evidence-base to sustain and advance the field. The American Art…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Educational Trends, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Research
Kaimal, Girija – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2019
This article presents a framework for art therapy practice and research called Adaptive Response Theory (ART), founded on constructs from evolutionary biology and human development. The theory is based on human responses to threats to well-being (bio-physiological and psycho-social-spiritual), as well as, how art making and imaginative processes…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Research, Theories, Evolution
King, Juliet L.; Kaimal, Girija; Konopka, Lukasz; Belkofer, Christopher; Strang, Christianne E. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2019
Advances in the field of neuroscience can be used to support scientific research and best practices in the profession of art therapy. This article provides a general overview of how neuroscience informs art therapy by providing an overview of neuroscience research in art therapy and offering practical applications for adopting a…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Neurosciences, Scientific Research, Psychological Patterns
Kaimal, Girija; Carroll-Haskins, Katrina; Topoglu, Yigit; Ramakrishnan, Arun; Arslanbek, Asli; Ayaz, Hasan – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2022
A within-subjects experimental design examined differences in functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) assessment of prefrontal cortex (PFC) activation with two virtual reality (VR) drawing conditions (rote tracing and creative self-expression) with and without a fragrance stimulus. Participants were healthy adults and included 18 women, 6…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Computer Simulation, Self Expression, Olfactory Perception
Kaimal, Girija; Carroll-Haskins, Katrina; Berberian, Marygrace; Dougherty, Abby; Carlton, Natalie; Ramakrishnan, Arun – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2020
Virtual reality (VR) therapies have been used in health and mental health care settings. The applicability of VR expressive tools has not yet been examined adequately in the creative arts therapies. This pilot qualitative study reports on 17 participants' experiences with VR art-making tools to determine its relevance to art therapy practice and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Art Therapy, Self Expression, Mental Health
Kaimal, Girija; Metzl, Einat; Millrod, Eri – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2017
We propose a leadership framework for the creative art therapies (CATs) as a means to affect the sociopolitical contexts of our clinical and scholarly practices. The new model of facilitative leadership includes 3 aspects: developing the self, developing others, and envisioning a creative and just future.
Descriptors: Art, Art Therapy, Creativity, Leadership Effectiveness
Kaimal, Girija – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2015
In this viewpoint, the author shares some experiences of living in the United States for the past 16 years and explores the uses of art and narratives in uncovering bias, illustrating lived experience, and informing research enterprises. In addition, contradictions, vulnerabilities, and complexities that underlie evolving constructions of culture,…
Descriptors: Identification, Experience, Personal Narratives, Art
