Arts-based strengths: a solution-focused intervention with adolescents in an acute-care psychiatric setting

Tyson, Edgar H.; Baffour, Tiffany D.

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2004.06.004

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“…This is not a unique example; there is a long tradition in music therapy to nurture and develop strengths and to conceive music therapy as health promotion more than as treatment (Bruscia 1998;Ruud 1997Ruud , 1998Ruud ,2001Stige 2002). Several recent texts in music therapy have advocated a resource-oriented focus in music therapy (Rolvsjord 2003b(Rolvsjord , 2004 /2005Solli 2000;Trondalen 2004) and some related perspectives have been proposed in relation to feminist perspectives (Curtis 1996), community music therapy (Procter 2002(Procter , 2004, and solution-focused interventions (Tyson & Baffour 2004). In addition, Garred (2004) has put forward an argument that relates music-centred approaches to a resource-oriented rationale.…”

Section: Rand1rolvsjord Christian Gold and Brynjulf Stigementioning

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Research Rigour and Therapeutic Flexibility: Rationale for a Therapy Manual Developed for a Randomised Controlled Trial

Rolvsjord¹,

Gold²,

Stige³

2005

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

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When doing a randomised controlled trial, concrete and observable a-priori definitions and descriptions of therapy procedures are usually considered necessary for study results to be replicable, and also to enable comparisons between different therapy approaches. However, most music therapy approaches in the field of mental health cannot be defined with a fixed therapy manual without serious danger of losing their therapeutic integrity. Manuals defining therapeutic principles which can be applied flexibly, rather than a fixed set of techniques, might be more appropriate. In this article we will present the rationale for a therapy manual developed for the purpose of a randomized controlled trial on a contextual approach to resource-oriented music therapy. The article focuses upon possible ways of dealing with the tensions and contrasts that exist between the contextual and resource-oriented perspectives and the need for pre-structured definitions to meet the standards of the rigorous quantitative research methodology.

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Section: Rand1rolvsjord Christian Gold and Brynjulf Stigementioning

confidence: 99%

Research Rigour and Therapeutic Flexibility: Rationale for a Therapy Manual Developed for a Randomised Controlled Trial

Rolvsjord¹,

Gold²,

Stige³

2005

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

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“…The intervention procedures for this study are described in more detail in Tyson and Baffour (2004). To summarize, the procedures for the group activity were as follows:…”

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“…Some of this previous research has focused on the creation of a new classification of ''character strengths'' (Steen et al 2003) to offset the widely used Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association 1994). However, with few known exceptions (e.g., Dworkin et al 2003;Tyson and Baffour 2004), none of this research examines strengths, coping strategies and other positive youth activities from the perspective of youth. Understanding how youth construct and define their strengths and coping strategies would be an important step toward the development of strength-based models of youth assessment and intervention research.…”

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Gender Comparisons of Self-Identified Strengths and Coping Strategies: A Study of Adolescents in an Acute Psychiatric Facility

Tyson

Baffour

DuongTran

2010

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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This study examined gender comparisons of adolescents in psychiatric acute care who responded to an intervention designed to help youth self-identify strengths and coping strategies. A cross-sectional survey design and a random, census-based sampling approach were employed to obtain data from 281 adolescents. During the study period, a small group method was used to deliver a solutionfocused, brief-therapy intervention to these adolescents. These data revealed that 38.2% identified an ''arts-based'' strength, 26.7% of the sample utilized a ''relational'' strategy and 26.1% reported a variety of sports and physical activity as a means of coping with crises. Controlling for psychiatric diagnosis, we found gender differences and similarities in the types of strengths identified by adolescents in this study. One application of these results is that they support the continued practice of engaging young clients in clinical settings using strength-based perspectives.

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“…The technique is culturally sensitive; it is not allied to specific cultural norms, and can be implemented at age-appropriate levels across a range of client populations (Gullette, 2003;Tyson & Baffour, 2004;White & Murray, 2002). There is, however, little consensus about the mechanisms that make writing beneficial for clients.…”

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Integrating writing into psychotherapy practice: A matrix of change processes and structural dimensions.

Kerner

Fitzpatrick²

2007

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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Research on therapeutic writing indicates that it can offer a range of physical and psychological benefits. There is no consensus, however, concerning how writing achieves these benefits. To address this question, the authors propose a matrix framework with emotional-cognitive change processes (what can be activated) along its horizontal dimension and abstract-concrete structure (how the processes are activated) along its vertical dimension. On the horizontal dimension, writing can encourage clients who are distant from their emotional world to approach or to modulate emotional intensity, and to create meaning and coherence. Along the vertical dimension, these processes can be activated through tasks that vary in structure, including programmed writing, diaries, journaling, autobiography, storytelling, and poetry. Finally, the authors consider constraints on writing that apply to particular client groups. The matrix framework is meant to encourage clinicians to use therapeutic writing and to assist researchers in framing questions to advance our knowledge of writing as a therapeutic practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

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Arts-based strengths: a solution-focused intervention with adolescents in an acute-care psychiatric setting

Cited by 25 publications

References 31 publications

Research Rigour and Therapeutic Flexibility: Rationale for a Therapy Manual Developed for a Randomised Controlled Trial

Research Rigour and Therapeutic Flexibility: Rationale for a Therapy Manual Developed for a Randomised Controlled Trial

Gender Comparisons of Self-Identified Strengths and Coping Strategies: A Study of Adolescents in an Acute Psychiatric Facility

Integrating writing into psychotherapy practice: A matrix of change processes and structural dimensions.

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