Online art therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic

Miller, Gretchen M.; McDonald, Alex

doi:10.1080/17454832.2020.1846383

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“…However, the pandemic has created an opportunity for online programs and services to be developed and evaluated. Art therapy has been increasingly delivered online, resulting in improved accessibility and inclusivity [ 47 ]. Emerging literature suggests positive engagement and effectiveness of online art therapy with people experiencing mental health difficulties [ 48 , 49 ].…”

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Evaluation of a skills-based peer-led art therapy online-group for people with emotion dysregulation

Jewell

Bailey

Curran

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Objective We developed and piloted a novel art-based online skills program led by a peer mental health professional with lived experience of complex mental health, including Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Key challenges of living with BPD and emotion dysregulation were addressed through artmaking informed by a dialectical framework and skills, to evaluate acceptability and efficacy. Method A structured, manualised 2-hour weekly arts-based skills program was piloted for people with BPD over 18 weeks. Evaluation included both quantitative and qualitative measures at commencement and completion. Results Thirty-eight participants enrolled in the program (89.5% identified she/her pronouns, average age 33.6 years), and 31 completed (82% retention). Multilevel modelling analysis of the primary outcome variable Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) demonstrated a large improvement over time (effect size Cohen’s d = 1.77). Qualitative thematic analysis found participants had improved capacity to regulate emotions and tolerate distress, improved connection with others, enhanced understanding of the self, and higher hope for living well. We found that artmaking facilitated processes and helped the expression of difficult emotions, symbolise challenging relationships, and facilitate greater self-understanding. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction, and 77.4% reported that the program had increased wellbeing. Conclusion This novel artmaking program for emotion dysregulation and BPD was acceptable and potentially effective. Peer facilitation using arts-based skills is a modality of therapy for further investigation.

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Evaluation of a skills-based peer-led art therapy online-group for people with emotion dysregulation

Jewell

Bailey

Curran

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“…Community initiatives have grown in recent years as they seek to enhance the wellbeing of people living with disabilities [ 33 ], support processing grief [ 34 ] in psychiatric hospitals [ 35 ], for refugees, unhoused and displaced individuals, and survivors of domestic violence in shelters [ 36 , 37 ], or undertake an intensive intervention after disasters [ 38 , 39 ] Children and adolescents are of course part of the communities that are served by these art therapy approaches and seem to greatly benefit from the intergenerational and social opportunities that they bring. In the last couple of years, due to the COVID-19 closures and a necessary shift to Telehealth, some programs started offering online open studios that serve children as well [ 40 ].…”

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Art Is Fun, Art Is Serious Business, and Everything in between: Learning from Art Therapy Research and Practice with Children and Teens

Metzl

2022

Children

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This paper explores the current theoretical frames of working with children and adolescents, considers the socio-political and developmental considerations for art therapy practice within settings, and systems in which children are embedded. An illustration of the use of art materials, processes, and products for children and adolescents based on an art therapist’s clinical experience in school settings, mental health hospital, adolescents’ clinic, and private practice then follows.

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“…One marked way that children and young people have overcome ‘cabin fever’ has been through the creative process and channelling of emotion through other/alternative mediums ( Crawford, 2021 ). This is nothing new, as creative art therapies, an umbrella term for healthcare professions that use the creative and expressive process of art making to improve and enhance the psychological and social well-being of individuals of all ages and health conditions, has been implemented in previous life changing experiences, as well as being adapted now to the COVID-19 pandemic ( Carswell et al , 2021 ; Dieterich-Hartwell & Koch, 2017 ; Miller & McDonald, 2020 ; Shafir et al , 2020 ). This too has been seen in the research area of post-disaster recovery, where mental health risks can be mitigated, at the community level, through protective factors such as social capital- the direct and indirect result of social connections or social networks, along with cooperation to achieve a better social or economic outcome ( Aldrich, 2012 ; Putnam et al , 1993 ), and with connections with community groups ( Gallagher et al , 2019 ).…”

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Children as innovators: harnessing the creative expertise of children to address practical and psychosocial challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic – COVISION study protocol

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Background: We are currently in a period of transition, from the pre-COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) era and the initial reactive lockdowns, to now the ongoing living with and potentially the after COVID-19 period. Each country is at its own individual stage of this transition, but many have gone through a period of feeling adrift; disconnected from normal lives, habits and routines, finding oneself betwixt and between stages, similar to that of liminality. Children and young people have been particularly affected. Aim: To increase the understanding of home and community-based strategies that contribute to children and young people’s capacity to adjust to societal changes, both during and after pandemics. Moreover, to identify ways in which children’s actions contribute to the capacity of others to adjust to the changes arising from the pandemic. The potential for these activities to influence and contribute to broader social mobilisation will be examined and promoted. Research design: To achieve the aim of this study, a participatory health research approach will be taken. The overarching theoretical framework of the COVISION study is that of liminality. The study design includes four work packages: two syntheses of literature (a rapid realist review and scoping review) to gain an overview of the emerging international context of evidence of psychosocial mitigations and community resilience in pandemics, and more specifically COVID-19; qualitative exploration of children and young people’s perspective of COVID-19 via creative outlets and reflections; and participatory learning and action through co-production.

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Online art therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 28 publications

References 19 publications

Evaluation of a skills-based peer-led art therapy online-group for people with emotion dysregulation

Evaluation of a skills-based peer-led art therapy online-group for people with emotion dysregulation

Art Is Fun, Art Is Serious Business, and Everything in between: Learning from Art Therapy Research and Practice with Children and Teens

Children as innovators: harnessing the creative expertise of children to address practical and psychosocial challenges of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic – COVISION study protocol

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