Discovery and Insight in Art Therapy

Rubin, Judith A.

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“…During AT sessions, the mediators were colored pencils, markers, crayons and paints. All activities aimed at activate the patient's personal resources through the development of creativity and imagination (Rubin 2005(Rubin , 2001; Schofield 2010). During the session, the art therapist's role was to facilitate, accompany, encourage patients to participate in the creative art processes and express their creativity in a safe, non-judgmental and relaxed setting.…”

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Can art therapy be helpful in oncological rehabilitation?

Pedrinis,

Marti,

Grossi

2024

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Background and aims: Due to the improvements in cancer detection and treatments, the field of oncological rehabilitation is becoming increasingly important. To improve the effectiveness of oncological rehabilitation, mind-body interventions, such as art therapy (AT), may be implemented in the oncological rehabilitation to help patients in understanding and managing the complex psychological and emotional consequences of cancer disease. This study aims to compare the efficacy of a multidisciplinary oncological rehabilitation program combined with an AT group intervention with the efficacy of the conventional program only, in improving physical and cognitive rehabilitation outcomes in cancer patients. Furthermore, it aims to explore participants’ subjective experience and perceived benefits related to AT. Methods: This study is an observational retrospective study with pre and post intervention measures. It analyzed socio-demographic variables, clinical information and rehabilitation outcomes collected in the context of the National Measurement Plan for Rehabilitation developed by the Swiss National Association for the Development of Quality in Hospitals and Clinics (ANQ). AT perceived benefits from the participant point of view were collected specifically for this study at the end of AT intervention. The Rehabilitation indices (Res) were calculated basing on the Functional Independent Measure (FIM) values to measure the rehabilitation’s efficacy. The final sample consisted of 102 cancer patients who were attending a residential program at the CREO Rehabilitation Clinic, Novaggio (CH). The Intervention Group (IG) was composed by 54 and the Control Group (CG) by 48. Results: The REs showed a higher improvement in motor and cognitive functioning in the IG compared to the other one, which resulted to be statistically significant. This result is consistent with the hypothesis that AT is not an intervention with a direct impact on cognitive and motor patients’ functional status, as expressed by the traditional rehabilitation indices, but is a therapeutic instrument able to empower patients during the rehabilitation program. In line with this interpretation, most of the participants perceived AT as a “personal growth experience” and reported that AT helped them in improving their perceived “treatment potential”. Conclusion: AT has a significant direct effect on the traditional rehabilitation outcomes, which are expression of the patients cognitive and motor functional status, and through a “process of patients empowerment”, could have an indirect positive impact on patients functional status in the context of cancer rehabilitation. AT could represent an a-specific therapeutic instrument that could be useful at the same time for patients with different clinical conditions and that can perceive benefits in a wide range of domains. A hospital that implements AT intervention in the oncological rehabilitation setting can help at the same time cancer patients with different clinical profiles, different personal characteristics and needs implementing one feasible, economic, and efficient instrument.

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Section: Interventionsmentioning

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Can art therapy be helpful in oncological rehabilitation?

Pedrinis,

Marti,

Grossi

2024

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“…Sadness can become a distressful emotion when released through catharsis in crying, for example, occurring when the suppression of sadness, which until then blocked the exteriorisation of this feeling, is being surpassed [21]. Also, our literature research concluded that some art therapists agree that art steps into the unconscious, allowing the subject to express thoughts and feelings that otherwise would be denied or hidden [26,27].…”

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Acting and Dancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic as Art Therapy for the Rehabilitation of Children with Behavioural Disorders Living in Socially Disadvantaged Environments

Tache-Codreanu,

Tache-Codreanu

2024

Children

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Art therapy is employed in numerous ways in rehabilitation. This study focuses on an art and movement therapy project carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acting and dancing methods were adapted to produce a short musical film series for ten children from disadvantaged social backgrounds displaying nonorganic behavioural disorders. The aim was to acquire novel ways of expression on the part of the participants to release painful emotions in a safe setting using the method of catharsis through acting and dancing, triggering relaxation as a physiological response and improving their attitude. This study retrospectively analyses the changes in the children’s behaviour and their active participation in the project through quantitative and qualitative research. The children improved their attention and self-esteem, their behaviour became less aggressive and impulsive, and half showed increased empathy. The active participation rate during the project was 82%.

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“…One feature common to all psychodynamic approaches is the belief in the unconscious and the dynamics of its relationship with the conscious psyche. Therapeutic work includes various ways of listening to, expressing, and understanding these dynamic relationships, such as the analysis of dreams (Freud, 1938), parapraxes (Freud, 1973), play (A. Freud, 1946; Klein, 1937) and other modes of unconscious expression; that is, art (Rubin, 2001) and myths (Jung, 1970), as well as transference as an expression of unconscious internalized relationships (Greenberg & Mitchell, 1983). This work requires a certain setting that allows for the development of a therapeutic relationship in which the unconscious can be manifested and elaborated.…”

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confidence: 99%

The spirit of time and the spirit of depth: Psychodynamic approaches in public mental health services in Israel

Lakh

2023

Appl Psychoanal Studies

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This article examines the interplay between psychodynamic psychotherapy and other approaches to psychotherapy in mental health services in Israel, describing the history of psychotherapy approaches, education and training, current dilemmas and service examples. Israel has a system of universal healthcare, education and social care which includes mental health services for all citizens and permanent residents. Mental health services and interventions are provided by psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, social workers, clinical criminologists and creative arts therapists. Despite being public, accessibility is undermined by long waiting times, inequitable geographic distributions and cultural-linguistic barriers. The interplay between approaches is clearly visible in public mental health services. Many therapists are trained primarily in psychodynamic approaches and receive psychodynamic-oriented supervision. However, public services often cannot provide suitable conditions for psychodynamic oriented psychotherapy, and the therapists are required to adjust their interventions to treatment plans, reimbursement and reporting.This paper describes in detail two programs that implement psychodynamic approaches in the medical and education systems respectively. The first is "Lkol Nefesh" ("for every

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Discovery and Insight in Art Therapy

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Can art therapy be helpful in oncological rehabilitation?

Can art therapy be helpful in oncological rehabilitation?

Acting and Dancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic as Art Therapy for the Rehabilitation of Children with Behavioural Disorders Living in Socially Disadvantaged Environments

The spirit of time and the spirit of depth: Psychodynamic approaches in public mental health services in Israel

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