A translation into Polish of Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice, published by Sage... more A translation into Polish of Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice, published by Sage Publications, London in 2006 Na spotkaniach arteterapeutow, konferencjach i seminariach pojawiają sie te same pytanie i dyskusje - jak opisywac to, co robimy, jak i dlaczego prowadzic badania, jak przekonac innych, ze to, co robimy, jest skuteczne. Brak odpowiedzi na te podstawowe dla kazdej dyscypliny pytania, prowadzi do wielu nieporozumien, czym jest arteterapia i dla kogo powinna byc przeznaczona, a mloda ciągle jeszcze arteterapia w Polsce rodzi sie w bolach i braku zrozumienia ze strony innych specjalistow. Ksiązka ta niewątpliwie stanie sie idealnym podrecznikiem dla tych, ktorzy na powaznie chcą zacząc budowac zreby polskiej arteterapii, pokazac jej specyfike oraz skutecznośc.
This chapter reviews the current evidence base for assessment in art therapy and considers how it... more This chapter reviews the current evidence base for assessment in art therapy and considers how it might be developed. It explores how ‘assessment’ is understood: is it a subjective, empathic encounter or a more objective, perhaps diagnostic evaluation? This is discussed in relation to research on art therapy assessments in the UK and USA, the different aims of assessment, the contexts in which art therapists work and the clients they work with. A sequence of referral, encounter and selection is identified and emergent, differential approaches to assessment in relation to treatment are described. However, the author argues that assessment in art therapy remains unsystematic and without a solid evidence base and proposes that a pluralistic evidence base should be developed which, whilst systematic and particular to client population, is neither prescriptive nor constrained by diagnostic criteria.
... Several useful quantita-tive studies have been done which have explored the use of images in ... more ... Several useful quantita-tive studies have been done which have explored the use of images in diagnosis (Russell-Lacy, Robinson, Benson and CranageJ979); the relationship between image, internal world and problems in the external world (Luzzatto, 1987); the situations ...
International Journal of Art and Design Education, Oct 22, 2008
This article draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context o... more This article draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context on the production and consumption of art. I draw on art historical discourses and relate these to looking at art in art therapy and related organisational settings. I suggest that professional socialisation profoundly influences how practitioners look and think about what they see. I propose that attention to tacit knowledge about art, extending practices of looking to include contemporary discourse about audiencing, curating and display, and taking time for a long look at art and at the art made in art therapy and allied settings, can enliven and sustain practitioners' 'ways of seeing'.
... Dalley 4 The Art Room as Container in Analytical Art Psychotherapy with Patients in Psychotic... more ... Dalley 4 The Art Room as Container in Analytical Art Psychotherapy with Patients in Psychotic States 99 Katherine Killick 5 Keeping the Balance: Further Thoughts on the Dialectics of Art Therapy 115 Sally Skaife 6 Failure in Group Analytic Art Therapy 143 Gerry McNeilly 7 ...
postgraduate Certificate in education. State Registered Art therapist Art psychotherapist, Specia... more postgraduate Certificate in education. State Registered Art therapist Art psychotherapist, Specialist psychotherapy team, South West yorkshire Mental Health trust. visiting Lecturer, northern training programme for Art psychotherapy Kathy Killick BA Hons, postgraduate Diploma in Art therapy, MA Art therapy, State Registered Art therapist BpC Registered psychotherapist professional Member of the Society of Analytical psychology Jungian Analyst and Art psychotherapist in private practice roger Wilks BA visual Art, postgraduate Diploma in Art psychotherapy, postgraduate Diploma in Group psychotherapy. State Registered Art therapist Art psychotherapist, Henderson Hospital, South London and St. George's nHS trust. chris Wood BA, postgraduate Diploma in Art therapy, phD State Registered Art therapist Director, northern training programme for Art psychotherapy, Sheffield nHS trust. Art psychotherapist, Sheffield nHS trust.
This is the first comprehensive overview of the present state of research in art therapy and musi... more This is the first comprehensive overview of the present state of research in art therapy and music therapy in the UK. It challenges assumptions about research in these areas, and makes use of research models from art history and music analysis as well as the more orthodox psychological and medical models used in clinical work. Informative and reassuring for those interested in undertaking research, the book gives lively accounts of the personal process of the art therapy and music therapy researcher. It presents the reader with many original ideas and strategies, and will be an invaluable reference book for practitioners and students of art therapy and music therapy, as well as for health professionals who work with them.
Art Therapy around the world is under increasing pressure to become more "evidence-based&quo... more Art Therapy around the world is under increasing pressure to become more "evidence-based". As a result, practitioners now need to get to grips with what constitutes "evidence", how to apply research in appropriate ways and also how to contribute to the body of evidence through their own research and other related activities. Written specifically for art therapy practitioners and students, Art Therapy, Research & Evidence Based Practice traces the background to EBP, critically reviews the existing art therapy research, explains the research process, links research with the development of clinical guidelines, and describes the knowledge and skills needed to demonstrate efficacy. Drawing on her own experience as a researcher, practitioner and lecturer, Andrea Gilroy looks at the implications of EBP for art therapy and examines common concerns about the threat it may pose to the future provision of art therapy within public services. Art Therapy, Research Evidence-Based Practice addresses issues which are critical to the future development and even the survival of art therapy. Combining insightful analysis with practical guidance and examples, this is an ideal resource for practitioners and for those in training.
This paper draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context on ... more This paper draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context on the production and consumption of art in art therapy. I draw on art historical discourses to explore the experience and relate this to looking at art in art therapy. I suggest that professional socialisation profoundly influences how art therapists look and think about what they see. I propose that attention to our tacit knowledge about art, extending art therapy's practices of looking to include contemporary discourse about audiencing, curating and display, and that taking time for a long look at art and at the art made in art therapy, can enliven and sustain art therapy's unique ways of seeing.
My immediate reaction on being asked to update this stoq was one of guilt. Only this and one othe... more My immediate reaction on being asked to update this stoq was one of guilt. Only this and one other text (Gilroy, 1995) from the research is in the public domain, yet it has informed every subsequent project and different aspects of it are embedded in my teaching. The thesis (Gilroy, 1992) traced art ther‘ipists’ processes of occupational motivation, documenting the origins of their interest in art and tracking their art-making and personal journeys to the point of entry into postgraduate art therapy education and beyond. It explored how the professional socialisation of training the process through which one becomes the person the situation demands influenced students’ art. Generally speaking the influences were positive: students reported increases in self-awareness and in a capacity for honest self-reflection that enabled greater spontaneity and freedom in the art-making process, but there was no doubt that the emotional and practical demands of training also had a deleterious effect on the time and energy available for art practice that were exacerbated by the subsequent demands of professional work. Many art therapists reported a diminution of their art practice which appeared to havc, potentially serious consequences for maintaimng the uniqueness of the discipline -but others, then as now, retain an important connection to their art practice. Some exhibit, others write about their art (Lanham, 2002; Rogers, 2002) and how it informs clinical work and supervision (Case, 1994; Broivn et al., 2003), or draw on visual art to expand art therapy’s theoretical frameworks (Schaverien, 1993; Tipple, 1992,2003; Aldridge, 1998; Mahony, 2001 ); works are on the cover of Inscape, some art therapy departments have art practice days and it is no% an aspect of CPD, and yet. . . what? The relationship many art therapists have with their art still seems ill at ease, permeated with feelings of loss and guilt. The artist in the art therapist still has to be ’cultivated (Moon, 2002).
Abstract Many of us find that our own work suffers when we practise as art therapists. Yet traini... more Abstract Many of us find that our own work suffers when we practise as art therapists. Yet training courses stress the importance of maintaining our personal artwork alongside therapy practice, and this is widely accepted as a valuable part of a balanced approach to art therapy. Andrea Gilroy has examined this, sometimes difficult, relationship. She outlines her own experiences and reports on her research findings. This article is a reprint of an article originally published in Inscape Spring 1989. It should be noted that at the time the research was being carried out, art therapy training courses ran for only one year full-time or two years part-time.
Translation into Latvian of Chapter 7, Generating the evidence through quantitative research from... more Translation into Latvian of Chapter 7, Generating the evidence through quantitative research from Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice, published by Sage Publications, London in 2006.
A brief consideration of the contribution visual research methods might make to the construction ... more A brief consideration of the contribution visual research methods might make to the construction of art therapy's evidence base.
Translation into Latvian of Chapter 1, Evidence-based practice: principles, process, policy and p... more Translation into Latvian of Chapter 1, Evidence-based practice: principles, process, policy and proof from Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice, published by Sage Publications, London in 2006.
A growing number of art therapists are also trained in group analytic psychotherapy. This book ex... more A growing number of art therapists are also trained in group analytic psychotherapy. This book explores the new theories and models for practice arising from the merging of these two disciplines. Contributors ask whether a model can be applied universally to art therapy group work with diverse client groups. They present in-depth case studies looking at work with the following:- * children * drug and alcohol abusers * forensic patients * patients on acute psychiatric wards * the cognitively-impaired elderly * institutionalised patients moving into the community A common theme which emerges is that the physical use of art materials and the space of the art room offer a possibility for communication of feelings which is not possible in purely verbal groups. This allows clients who would not normally be considered for group therapy to benefit from a psychodynamic group process.
Introduction Section 1. Psychoanalytic Views of the Arts : 1. 'Mother and Child in Henry Moor... more Introduction Section 1. Psychoanalytic Views of the Arts : 1. 'Mother and Child in Henry Moore & Winnicott' Peter Fuller 2. 'Early Modern Painting in Europe: the Psychopathological Dimension' Brandon Taylor 3. 'Fantasy and the Figurative' David MacLagan 4. 'Chagall's Erotic Imagery' John Birtchnell 5. 'Symbiosis as a Driving Force in the Creative Process' Annie Herschkowitz 6. 'More or Less a Sorrow: Some Observations on the Work of Edward Lear' Joan Woddis 7. 'Art, Therapy, and Romanticism' Michael Edwards 8. 'The Imitation of Madness: The Influence of Psychopathology upon Culture' Roland Littlewood Section 2. Art Therapy - From Theory into Practice : 9. 'The Primitive Scratch' Roger Cardinal 10. 'How Young Children give Meaning to Drawing' John Matthews 11. 'Working with Defence Mechanisms in Art Therapy' Mary Levens 12. 'The Picture Within the Frame' Joy Schaverien 13. 'Group Analytic Art Groups' Gerry McNeilly 14. 'Another Year On: Some Further Thoughts on the Issue of Surviving as an Art Therapist' Dave Edwards 15. 'Musing Cross Culturally' Diane Waller 16. 'The Psychic Roots of Drama' Rosemary Gordon 17. 'Some Aspects of Art Therapy and Family Therapy' Michael Donnelly 18. 'Drinking Problems and Short Term Art Therapy: Working with Images of Withdrawal and Clinging' Paola Luzzatto 19. 'Art Therapy in Search of a Lost Twin' Muriel Greenway.
A translation into Polish of Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice, published by Sage... more A translation into Polish of Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice, published by Sage Publications, London in 2006 Na spotkaniach arteterapeutow, konferencjach i seminariach pojawiają sie te same pytanie i dyskusje - jak opisywac to, co robimy, jak i dlaczego prowadzic badania, jak przekonac innych, ze to, co robimy, jest skuteczne. Brak odpowiedzi na te podstawowe dla kazdej dyscypliny pytania, prowadzi do wielu nieporozumien, czym jest arteterapia i dla kogo powinna byc przeznaczona, a mloda ciągle jeszcze arteterapia w Polsce rodzi sie w bolach i braku zrozumienia ze strony innych specjalistow. Ksiązka ta niewątpliwie stanie sie idealnym podrecznikiem dla tych, ktorzy na powaznie chcą zacząc budowac zreby polskiej arteterapii, pokazac jej specyfike oraz skutecznośc.
This chapter reviews the current evidence base for assessment in art therapy and considers how it... more This chapter reviews the current evidence base for assessment in art therapy and considers how it might be developed. It explores how ‘assessment’ is understood: is it a subjective, empathic encounter or a more objective, perhaps diagnostic evaluation? This is discussed in relation to research on art therapy assessments in the UK and USA, the different aims of assessment, the contexts in which art therapists work and the clients they work with. A sequence of referral, encounter and selection is identified and emergent, differential approaches to assessment in relation to treatment are described. However, the author argues that assessment in art therapy remains unsystematic and without a solid evidence base and proposes that a pluralistic evidence base should be developed which, whilst systematic and particular to client population, is neither prescriptive nor constrained by diagnostic criteria.
... Several useful quantita-tive studies have been done which have explored the use of images in ... more ... Several useful quantita-tive studies have been done which have explored the use of images in diagnosis (Russell-Lacy, Robinson, Benson and CranageJ979); the relationship between image, internal world and problems in the external world (Luzzatto, 1987); the situations ...
International Journal of Art and Design Education, Oct 22, 2008
This article draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context o... more This article draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context on the production and consumption of art. I draw on art historical discourses and relate these to looking at art in art therapy and related organisational settings. I suggest that professional socialisation profoundly influences how practitioners look and think about what they see. I propose that attention to tacit knowledge about art, extending practices of looking to include contemporary discourse about audiencing, curating and display, and taking time for a long look at art and at the art made in art therapy and allied settings, can enliven and sustain practitioners' 'ways of seeing'.
... Dalley 4 The Art Room as Container in Analytical Art Psychotherapy with Patients in Psychotic... more ... Dalley 4 The Art Room as Container in Analytical Art Psychotherapy with Patients in Psychotic States 99 Katherine Killick 5 Keeping the Balance: Further Thoughts on the Dialectics of Art Therapy 115 Sally Skaife 6 Failure in Group Analytic Art Therapy 143 Gerry McNeilly 7 ...
postgraduate Certificate in education. State Registered Art therapist Art psychotherapist, Specia... more postgraduate Certificate in education. State Registered Art therapist Art psychotherapist, Specialist psychotherapy team, South West yorkshire Mental Health trust. visiting Lecturer, northern training programme for Art psychotherapy Kathy Killick BA Hons, postgraduate Diploma in Art therapy, MA Art therapy, State Registered Art therapist BpC Registered psychotherapist professional Member of the Society of Analytical psychology Jungian Analyst and Art psychotherapist in private practice roger Wilks BA visual Art, postgraduate Diploma in Art psychotherapy, postgraduate Diploma in Group psychotherapy. State Registered Art therapist Art psychotherapist, Henderson Hospital, South London and St. George's nHS trust. chris Wood BA, postgraduate Diploma in Art therapy, phD State Registered Art therapist Director, northern training programme for Art psychotherapy, Sheffield nHS trust. Art psychotherapist, Sheffield nHS trust.
This is the first comprehensive overview of the present state of research in art therapy and musi... more This is the first comprehensive overview of the present state of research in art therapy and music therapy in the UK. It challenges assumptions about research in these areas, and makes use of research models from art history and music analysis as well as the more orthodox psychological and medical models used in clinical work. Informative and reassuring for those interested in undertaking research, the book gives lively accounts of the personal process of the art therapy and music therapy researcher. It presents the reader with many original ideas and strategies, and will be an invaluable reference book for practitioners and students of art therapy and music therapy, as well as for health professionals who work with them.
Art Therapy around the world is under increasing pressure to become more "evidence-based&quo... more Art Therapy around the world is under increasing pressure to become more "evidence-based". As a result, practitioners now need to get to grips with what constitutes "evidence", how to apply research in appropriate ways and also how to contribute to the body of evidence through their own research and other related activities. Written specifically for art therapy practitioners and students, Art Therapy, Research & Evidence Based Practice traces the background to EBP, critically reviews the existing art therapy research, explains the research process, links research with the development of clinical guidelines, and describes the knowledge and skills needed to demonstrate efficacy. Drawing on her own experience as a researcher, practitioner and lecturer, Andrea Gilroy looks at the implications of EBP for art therapy and examines common concerns about the threat it may pose to the future provision of art therapy within public services. Art Therapy, Research Evidence-Based Practice addresses issues which are critical to the future development and even the survival of art therapy. Combining insightful analysis with practical guidance and examples, this is an ideal resource for practitioners and for those in training.
This paper draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context on ... more This paper draws on experiences of looking at art to consider the influence of social context on the production and consumption of art in art therapy. I draw on art historical discourses to explore the experience and relate this to looking at art in art therapy. I suggest that professional socialisation profoundly influences how art therapists look and think about what they see. I propose that attention to our tacit knowledge about art, extending art therapy's practices of looking to include contemporary discourse about audiencing, curating and display, and that taking time for a long look at art and at the art made in art therapy, can enliven and sustain art therapy's unique ways of seeing.
My immediate reaction on being asked to update this stoq was one of guilt. Only this and one othe... more My immediate reaction on being asked to update this stoq was one of guilt. Only this and one other text (Gilroy, 1995) from the research is in the public domain, yet it has informed every subsequent project and different aspects of it are embedded in my teaching. The thesis (Gilroy, 1992) traced art ther‘ipists’ processes of occupational motivation, documenting the origins of their interest in art and tracking their art-making and personal journeys to the point of entry into postgraduate art therapy education and beyond. It explored how the professional socialisation of training the process through which one becomes the person the situation demands influenced students’ art. Generally speaking the influences were positive: students reported increases in self-awareness and in a capacity for honest self-reflection that enabled greater spontaneity and freedom in the art-making process, but there was no doubt that the emotional and practical demands of training also had a deleterious effect on the time and energy available for art practice that were exacerbated by the subsequent demands of professional work. Many art therapists reported a diminution of their art practice which appeared to havc, potentially serious consequences for maintaimng the uniqueness of the discipline -but others, then as now, retain an important connection to their art practice. Some exhibit, others write about their art (Lanham, 2002; Rogers, 2002) and how it informs clinical work and supervision (Case, 1994; Broivn et al., 2003), or draw on visual art to expand art therapy’s theoretical frameworks (Schaverien, 1993; Tipple, 1992,2003; Aldridge, 1998; Mahony, 2001 ); works are on the cover of Inscape, some art therapy departments have art practice days and it is no% an aspect of CPD, and yet. . . what? The relationship many art therapists have with their art still seems ill at ease, permeated with feelings of loss and guilt. The artist in the art therapist still has to be ’cultivated (Moon, 2002).
Abstract Many of us find that our own work suffers when we practise as art therapists. Yet traini... more Abstract Many of us find that our own work suffers when we practise as art therapists. Yet training courses stress the importance of maintaining our personal artwork alongside therapy practice, and this is widely accepted as a valuable part of a balanced approach to art therapy. Andrea Gilroy has examined this, sometimes difficult, relationship. She outlines her own experiences and reports on her research findings. This article is a reprint of an article originally published in Inscape Spring 1989. It should be noted that at the time the research was being carried out, art therapy training courses ran for only one year full-time or two years part-time.
Translation into Latvian of Chapter 7, Generating the evidence through quantitative research from... more Translation into Latvian of Chapter 7, Generating the evidence through quantitative research from Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice, published by Sage Publications, London in 2006.
A brief consideration of the contribution visual research methods might make to the construction ... more A brief consideration of the contribution visual research methods might make to the construction of art therapy's evidence base.
Translation into Latvian of Chapter 1, Evidence-based practice: principles, process, policy and p... more Translation into Latvian of Chapter 1, Evidence-based practice: principles, process, policy and proof from Art Therapy, Research and Evidence Based Practice, published by Sage Publications, London in 2006.
A growing number of art therapists are also trained in group analytic psychotherapy. This book ex... more A growing number of art therapists are also trained in group analytic psychotherapy. This book explores the new theories and models for practice arising from the merging of these two disciplines. Contributors ask whether a model can be applied universally to art therapy group work with diverse client groups. They present in-depth case studies looking at work with the following:- * children * drug and alcohol abusers * forensic patients * patients on acute psychiatric wards * the cognitively-impaired elderly * institutionalised patients moving into the community A common theme which emerges is that the physical use of art materials and the space of the art room offer a possibility for communication of feelings which is not possible in purely verbal groups. This allows clients who would not normally be considered for group therapy to benefit from a psychodynamic group process.
Introduction Section 1. Psychoanalytic Views of the Arts : 1. 'Mother and Child in Henry Moor... more Introduction Section 1. Psychoanalytic Views of the Arts : 1. 'Mother and Child in Henry Moore & Winnicott' Peter Fuller 2. 'Early Modern Painting in Europe: the Psychopathological Dimension' Brandon Taylor 3. 'Fantasy and the Figurative' David MacLagan 4. 'Chagall's Erotic Imagery' John Birtchnell 5. 'Symbiosis as a Driving Force in the Creative Process' Annie Herschkowitz 6. 'More or Less a Sorrow: Some Observations on the Work of Edward Lear' Joan Woddis 7. 'Art, Therapy, and Romanticism' Michael Edwards 8. 'The Imitation of Madness: The Influence of Psychopathology upon Culture' Roland Littlewood Section 2. Art Therapy - From Theory into Practice : 9. 'The Primitive Scratch' Roger Cardinal 10. 'How Young Children give Meaning to Drawing' John Matthews 11. 'Working with Defence Mechanisms in Art Therapy' Mary Levens 12. 'The Picture Within the Frame' Joy Schaverien 13. 'Group Analytic Art Groups' Gerry McNeilly 14. 'Another Year On: Some Further Thoughts on the Issue of Surviving as an Art Therapist' Dave Edwards 15. 'Musing Cross Culturally' Diane Waller 16. 'The Psychic Roots of Drama' Rosemary Gordon 17. 'Some Aspects of Art Therapy and Family Therapy' Michael Donnelly 18. 'Drinking Problems and Short Term Art Therapy: Working with Images of Withdrawal and Clinging' Paola Luzzatto 19. 'Art Therapy in Search of a Lost Twin' Muriel Greenway.
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