Assessment and Therapeutic Application of the Expressive Therapies Continuum: Implications for Brain Structures and Functions

Lusebrink, Vija B.

doi:10.1080/07421656.2010.10129380

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“…Variation is subsequently related to self-management, openness, flexibility and creativity, i.e., adaptability. Hinz (2009); Lusebrink (2010), and Bucciarelli (2011) also pointed out creativity might be a sign of mental health, which emerged….however, they did not explore this further.…”

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How Art Therapists Observe Mental Health Using Formal Elements in Art Products: Structure and Variation as Indicators for Balance and Adaptability

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In clinical practice, formal elements of art products are regularly used in art therapy observation to obtain insight into clients’ mental health and provide directions for further treatment. Due to the diversity of formal elements used in existing studies and the inconsistency in the interpretation, it is unclear which formal elements contribute to insight into clients’ mental health. In this qualitative study using Constructivist Grounded Theory, eight art therapists were interviewed in-depth to identify which formal elements they observe, how they describe mental health and how they associate formal elements with mental health. Findings of this study show that art therapists in this study observe the combination of movement, dynamic, contour and repetition (i.e., primary formal elements) with mixture of color, figuration and color saturation (i.e., secondary formal elements). Primary and secondary elements interacting together construct the structure and variation of the art product. Art therapists rarely interpret these formal elements in terms of symptoms or diagnosis. Instead, they use concepts such as balance and adaptability (i.e., self-management, openness, flexibility, and creativity). They associate balance, specifically being out of balance, with the severity of the clients’ problem and adaptability with clients’ strengths and resources. In the conclusion of the article we discuss the findings’ implications for practice and further research.

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How Art Therapists Observe Mental Health Using Formal Elements in Art Products: Structure and Variation as Indicators for Balance and Adaptability

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“…The ETC is conceptualized as a bottom-up sequence involving visual expression and the use of art media on the Kinesthetic/Sensory, Perceptual/Affective, and Cognitive/Symbolic levels. I further elaborated (Lusebrink, 2010) that the Symbolic level of the ETC incorporates the two previous levels, whereby the exploration of the components of symbolic images on these levels can help to retrieve the meaning and affect associated with them in a top-down manner.…”

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“…Naumburg's (1966) emphasis on symbolic images primarily focused on retracing their origins to the individual's unresolved conflicts and thus seems to reflect the focus on Damasio's CDZ framework of abstract implicit neural patterns in the association cortices. In my work (Lusebrink, 1990(Lusebrink, , 2004(Lusebrink, , 2010Lusebrink, Martinsone, & Dzilna-Silova, 2012) I integrated the above art therapy approaches as three stepwise levels of expression in the Expressive Therapies Continuum (ETC). The ETC is conceptualized as a bottom-up sequence involving visual expression and the use of art media on the Kinesthetic/Sensory, Perceptual/Affective, and Cognitive/Symbolic levels.…”

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Art Therapy and the Neural Basis of Imagery: Another Possible View

Lusebrink

2014

Art Therapy

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“…Research indicates that creative processes (e.g., expressive arts) provide for a collaborative process between the practitioner and the client and allow occasions for clients to gain self‐awareness (Hess, Magnuson, & Beeler, 2012; Jacobs & Schimmel, 2013; Vernon, 2009). Lusebrink (2010) described the effect art therapy has on an individual's brain and indicated that art therapy is a way of reaching parts of the brain for processing information that are inaccessible for verbal processing. In Lusebrink's example, the counselor had the client, an 8‐year‐old girl, use crayons and paint to provide a visual representation of the anxiety she had been experiencing since the birth of her baby brother.…”

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Creative Use of the Career Construction Interview

Barclay

2019

The Career Development Quart

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Designed as part of an individual career construction and life design counseling intervention, the Career Construction Interview (CCI) and My Career Story (MCS) workbook aid career counselors and other career service providers in helping clients construct, deconstruct, and reauthor their career stories. Recently, some career counselors have developed ways of using the CCI and the MCS in group settings. In this article, the author offers 3 additional ways to use the CCI and, thereby, add creativity to the career counseling process. These 3 ways include use of written exercises, career collages, and career portfolios. The article concludes with a call for career practitioners to continue to think creatively in using the CCI with clients.

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Assessment and Therapeutic Application of the Expressive Therapies Continuum: Implications for Brain Structures and Functions

Cited by 81 publications

References 22 publications

How Art Therapists Observe Mental Health Using Formal Elements in Art Products: Structure and Variation as Indicators for Balance and Adaptability

How Art Therapists Observe Mental Health Using Formal Elements in Art Products: Structure and Variation as Indicators for Balance and Adaptability

Art Therapy and the Neural Basis of Imagery: Another Possible View

Creative Use of the Career Construction Interview

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