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Franklin, Michael – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2007
There are many social, cultural, and biological factors that contribute to the construction of masculine identity. These factors are investigated in this article from the personal perspective of a male practitioner and educator with 25 years of experience in a field that is predominantly composed of women. An amalgamation of attributes necessary…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Masculinity, Social Influences, Identification (Psychology)
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Bell, Chloe E.; Robbins, Steven J. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2007
Art therapists have long held that art production causes reductions in stress and elevations in mood (Rubin, 1999). The authors examined this claim in a randomized, controlled trial. Fifty adults between the ages of 18 and 30 were randomly assigned to either create an art work or to view and sort a series of art prints. Three measures of overall…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Art Products, Stress Management, Coping
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Lev-Wiesel, Rachel; Zeevi, Neomi – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2007
This study examined the relationship between mothers and children with Down syndrome as reflected in the mothers' drawings of themselves and their disabled children. A sample of 20 mothers, 10 Bedouin-Arabs and 10 Jews, participated in the study. Of these, 10 mothers of children with Down syndrome served as the study group, and a matched group of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Jews, Down Syndrome, Children
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Sholt, Michal; Gavron, Tami – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2006
The aim of this article is to identify and define the diagnostic and therapeutic qualities of clay-work in contemporary conceptualization (attachment theory, object relations, and psychoanalytic theory). Three central features of clay-work are highlighted: (1) procedural expression through touch, movement, and the three-dimensional aspect; (2) the…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Psychotherapy, Art Therapy, Counseling Techniques
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Moriya, Dafna – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2006
School art therapists face numerous ethical dilemmas, from referrals to therapy, through privacy, safety and predictability in the art therapy room, to the need to balance cooperation with the educational staff and its expectations of shared information with loyalty to the patient. Breach of confidentiality also has legal implications. The…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Art Therapy, Ethics, Privacy
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Kellman, Julia – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2007
This manuscript explores the interplay of the concepts of "thisness" and singularity with art making. It explores the particularity of the individual--person, object, animal, plant, place, event; the clarity and joyousness of "thisness" or specificity; the exquisite presence of now; and the relationship of these qualities to contemplation and art…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Artists, Religious Factors, Art Expression
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Horay, Brian J. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2006
Although some consider the 12-step method of Alcoholics Anonymous to be the treatment of choice for people struggling with substance abuse, differing approaches have been developed within the area of addictions. Motivational interviewing (Miller & Rollnick, 2002), enacted within a stages-of change model (DiClemente & Velasquez, 2002), seeks to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Art Therapy, Substance Abuse, Counseling Techniques
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Gussak, David E. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2000
This essay explores a view of professions, invisible colleges, disciplines, and the diffusion of ideas. This discussion leads to the author's opinion that art therapy is a discipline around ideas, while art therapists are professionals. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Diffusion (Communication), Professional Recognition
Pifalo, Terry – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2007
Art therapy in conjunction with cognitive behavioral therapy reduces symptoms and enhances the potential for positive outcomes for sexually abused children in trauma-focused treatment. This article presents a treatment model that utilizes specific art therapy interventions to facilitate treatment, based on research on the effectiveness of combined…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Behavior Modification, Cognitive Restructuring, Art Therapy
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Feen-Calligan, Holly – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2007
This paper examines how the personal qualifications required to practice art therapy can be integrated into the American Art Therapy Association Education Standards. A review of current and historical documents demonstrates the importance of personal qualifications of art therapists. The author proposes a link between education standards and…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Qualifications, Personnel Evaluation, Competence
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Bermudez, Diana; ter Maat, Mercedes – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2006
Despite the growing number of Hispanics in the US and in caseloads of art therapists, previous literature on this topic is scarce and predominantly based on case studies. This survey assessed the perceptions of 27 art therapists from large metropolitan areas regarding the use of art therapy with Hispanic clients. These perceptions included client…
Descriptors: Metropolitan Areas, Art Therapy, Hispanic Americans, Surveys
Herman, William E. – 2003
This pilot study included a content analysis of the Wall of Remembrance (also known as the Childrens Tile Wall) on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C. This artwork is composed of 3,324 six-inch square tiles depicting the impressions of children, adolescents and a few adults regarding the Holocaust.…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art Therapy, Children, Content Analysis
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Wadeson, Harriet – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2002
This article discusses the difficulties inherent in addressing the need for art-based assessments to place art therapy on an "equal footing" with research in medicine, psychology, education, and other mental health professions. The author questions whether it is to art therapists' advantage to strive for such "equal footing." (GCP)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Evaluation, Professional Recognition, Status Need
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Carrigan, Jeanne – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1993
Notes that ethical concerns of helping professionals focus on issues related to supervision and training of interns and that Committee on Ethical and Professional Practices of art therapy profession has received complaints from interns concerning their supervisors. Examines nature of supervisory relationship and roles of participating members as…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Counselor Training, Ethics, Supervision
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Bouchard, Rene R. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 1998
Through the lens of Jungian theory of the shadow, this article identifies ways in which its dynamics and manifestations occur in the field of art therapy. Introduces experiential exercises for discovering and working with the shadow and concludes with recommendations for transforming negative dynamics into creative solutions. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Community, Counselors, Individual Power
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