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Direct linkFortin, Sylvie – Research in Dance Education, 2018
Different types of dance initiatives are being designed for people across their entire lifespan, and implemented in a wide range of health and well-being settings. The aims of these initiatives are to improve their physical and mental conditions. Research on the use of dance for health and well-being is also rapidly gaining momentum which suggests…
Descriptors: Well Being, Health Promotion, Feminism, Foreign Countries
Wilkinson, Rebecca A.; Chilton, Gioia – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2013
As a growing movement in the larger field of mental health, positive psychology has much to offer the art therapy profession, which in turn is uniquely poised to contribute to the study of optimal functioning. This article discusses the relationship of positive psychology to art therapy and its capacity to mobilize client strengths, to induce…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Psychology, Well Being, Psychological Patterns
Stephenson, Raquel Chapin – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2013
This article describes a community art therapy program that was designed to promote health and well-being in old age. Observations of diverse participant interactions in the nondirective therapy studio over the course of 6 years revealed the benefits of art making and how it may influence well-being during the process of advancing age. Program…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Older Adults, Well Being, Community Programs
Peer reviewedDoric-Henry, Lee – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1997
Reports on an art therapy intervention which was implemented with 20 elderly nursing home residents so as to improve their psychological well-being. Program evaluation included self-evaluations, case progress notes, journal notes, and photography. Results indicate that participants showed significantly improved measures of self-esteem, and reduced…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Ceramics, Counseling Techniques, Intervention
Download full textIvanova, Alexandra S. – Art Therapy Journal of the American Art Therapy Assoc, 2004
This paper presents therapeutic art practices carried out with 60 orphan children in the small town of Ugarchin in northern Bulgaria. In 1999, a group of artists and teachers developed a varied program of art activities for these children. These activities included two 1-week visits and the opening of five art workshops--Art History, Ceramics,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Therapy, Art Activities, Program Effectiveness
McNamee, Abigail S.; De Chiara, Edith – 1996
Children experience a wide variety of life experiences that are stressful to them. Children's stories and drawings allow adults to understand children's perceptions and reactions, and picture books enable children to experience stressors safely in a supportive setting. This paper describes a storytelling and drawing intervention based on art…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Art Therapy, Bibliotherapy, Childrens Art
