Body Talk: Examining a Collaborative Multiple-Visit Program for Visitors with Eating Disorders

Baddeley, Gwen; Evans, Laura; Lajeunesse, Marilyn; Legari, Stephen

doi:10.1080/10598650.2017.1379278

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“…Innovative art psychotherapy programmes have been developed with museums and galleries both in the UK and internationally over the last few decades (e.g. Baddeley et al, 2017;Bennington et al, 2016;Colbert et al, 2013;Coles & Harrison, 2018;Coles & Jury, 2020;Pantagoutsou et al, 2017;Salom, 2011Salom, , 2013Treadon, 2015) and with a range of client groups.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some studies (Baddeley et al, 2017;Froggett et al, 2011) are careful to consider risks as well as benefits to working in museum settings, in the context of the potential for art to elicit reaction, the unpredictability of public settings, and the very public experience of moving through a museum. However, these studies also conclude that the advantages of the work outweighed the challenges.…”

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confidence: 99%

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‘A space that worked for them’: museum-based art psychotherapy, power dynamics, social inclusion and autonomy

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Coles

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2021

International Journal of Art Therapy

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Background: This article focuses on art psychotherapists' experiences of using museum and gallery settings for group art psychotherapy. Aims: It aims to explore the impact of museum settings for group art psychotherapy on the dynamics of power between therapists and service users, and between service users and the wider community. Methods: Interview transcripts from five art psychotherapists working in museums were analysed using an interpretative phenomenological framework and arts-based methods. Results: Service users may feel valued and socially included by participating in art psychotherapy in museums and using museum objects can help service users to feel empowered within the therapeutic process. Museums offer service users choices, which can engender a sense of autonomy. A museum environment where therapists and service users explore together, and diverse perspectives flourish, may facilitate a flattening of hierarchies. This levelling of the potential power differential is enhanced by a sense of informality and human relating in these settings. Conclusions: The findings suggest that a museum environment for art psychotherapy can influence service users' experience of power and autonomy within the therapeutic relationship and within the wider social sphere. Implications for practice/policy/further research: Art psychotherapists may consider using museums to foster social inclusion, autonomy and a more equal sharing of power with service users, whilst it is recommended that art psychotherapy training courses teach about nontraditional practice and settings, such as museums, and power dynamics.

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