Dyadic art psychotherapy: Key principles, practices and competences

Buck, Elizabeth Taylor; Dent‐Brown, Kim; Parry, Glenys; Boote, Jonathan

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2014.01.004

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“…Parent-child art psychotherapy is a pioneering and innovative approach as part of the development of art therapy with children ( Regev and Snir, 2014 ; Taylor Buck et al, 2014 ; Snir and Regev, 2018 ). It is a psychodynamic-developmental model that uses visual symbolization to express, communicate, and create change in the dyadic relationship.…”

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Creating Art Together as a Transformative Process in Parent-Child Relations: The Therapeutic Aspects of the Joint Painting Procedure

Gavron

Mayseless

2018

Front. Psychol.

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The relationships between parents and children contain implicit aspects, which are non-conscious and non-verbal, in addition to explicit ones. Both explicit and implicit aspects are central to understanding the dyadic dynamics and are implicated in psychotherapy processes and outcomes. Visual symbolization has a unique value as a channel of expression that can capture the implicit characteristics of relationships. Creating art together goes even further because it allows the presence of implicit representations of the relations in vivo. These representations can then be transformed through the joint process of creation, which has a unique potential to unleash reflective capacities when it is experienced in a playful and safe context. This paper presents a qualitative study that is part of larger mixed-methods research with 87 mother-child dyads (with children 9 to 12 years old). Dyads were administered the Joint Painting Procedure (JPP), which includes dyadic painting by the parent and child on the same paper and is used for evaluation and treatment in the field of parent-child therapy and art therapy. The study’s objectives were to uncover and better understand the unique therapeutic aspects that such method allows and its potential to impact parent-child relationships. The findings of the qualitative study indicated that the JPP enabled several dynamic processes such as pleasure and fun, bi-directionality, mutual regulation, mentalization, and mutual recognition, which together created a salient positive transformation in the relationship. Through the JPP, a new transformative aspect of relations emerges and enables new and different modes of communication and interactions in about half of the dyads and a lesser and partial positive transformation in about a third of them.

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Creating Art Together as a Transformative Process in Parent-Child Relations: The Therapeutic Aspects of the Joint Painting Procedure

Gavron

Mayseless

2018

Front. Psychol.

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“…Currently there is insufficient evidence to support the benefits of family art therapy and further outcome‐based studies are needed to demonstrate efficacy (Coulter, 2015; Taylor Buck et al, 2014). Nonetheless this paper illustrates three cases where family art therapy was useful in the assessment and ongoing treatment of adolescents with serious mental illness.…”

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“…While there is increasing evidence for the effectiveness of art therapy with adolescents (Major, 2020; Nielsen, Isobel, & Starling, 2019) there is less evidence of the use of art therapy with families, although it appears to be an evolving discussion in practice settings (Coulter, 2015; Kerr, 2008a; Linesch, 1993; Taylor Buck et al, 2013; Taylor Buck, 2014). Because there is very little literature on this topic and a growing need for more clarity about the process and practice of family art therapy (Coulter, 2015; Taylor Buck et al, 2013), this paper presents three cases illustrating some of the ways art therapy has been useful for families.…”

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“…The role of the art therapist within family art therapy is to create a safe, boundaried space within which both the child and their parent/carer can learn to recognise, understand, and regulate their own feelings. In addition, the images created provide opportunities for the parent to engage in guided reflection about their own emotional responses and develop an understanding of their child’s behaviour (Coulter, 2015; Kerr, 2008a; Taylor Buck, 2014).…”

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Family Art Therapy: A Contribution to Mental Health Treatment in an Adolescent Inpatient Setting

Nielsen

Feijo

Renshall

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ANZ J of Family Therapy

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Art therapy has been increasingly used in mental health settings, particularly for children and families who experience trauma‐induced symptoms. However, there is limited literature on family art therapy in child and adolescent inpatient settings. We describe the use of family art therapy in an inpatient child and adolescent mental health services unit, including images to demonstrate effectiveness. Patient and family member artworks were photographed and used to describe three case studies. Artworks made in art therapy can reveal hidden dysfunction in the family. Recent trauma research supports capacity to access this material safely through non‐verbal visual communication. Family art therapy is a useful intervention to support the identification of an illness in the parent, to improve the attunement between the parent and the child, and for the parent to detach from their child’s symptoms by agreeing to get treatment for themselves. If the patient cannot separate from the illness in the parent their symptoms may remain.

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Objectives, interventions and challenges in parent–child art psychotherapy

Regev

Snir

2015

The Arts in Psychotherapy

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Dyadic art psychotherapy: Key principles, practices and competences

Cited by 10 publications

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Creating Art Together as a Transformative Process in Parent-Child Relations: The Therapeutic Aspects of the Joint Painting Procedure

Creating Art Together as a Transformative Process in Parent-Child Relations: The Therapeutic Aspects of the Joint Painting Procedure

Family Art Therapy: A Contribution to Mental Health Treatment in an Adolescent Inpatient Setting

Objectives, interventions and challenges in parent–child art psychotherapy

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