There's no Point Raging on Your Own: Using Art Therapy in Groups for People with Eating Disorders

Johnson, Karen A.; Parkinson, Sarah

doi:10.1177/0533316499321007

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“…Yalom (2005) noted that changing through group psychotherapy was a complicated process and that changes occurred through the mutual interaction between the associated experiences of many people (Yalom 2005). A study that examined the effects of art psychotherapy groups in EDs found factors related to interpersonal learning, emotional expression and group commitment to be effective (Johnson and Parkinson 1999).…”

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Effect of a long-term art-based group therapy with eating disorders

2023

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Eating disorders (EDs) affect the physical, psychological, emotional and interpersonal areas of the individual and cause serious medical and mental consequences. Their treatment should be handled in a multidisciplinary manner.The objective of this study was to investigate potential benefits of long-term art-based group therapy (ABGT) as an adjunct to treatment for a variety of EDs. This study examined the effects of ABGT on disease symptoms, difficulty regulating emotions, depression, anxiety, targeted problems, functioning of individuals with EDs and therapeutic efficiency of the group. The study was carried out as a pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental study with a control group, with a small sample diagnosed with an ED. In addition to their standard treatment at the outpatient centre, participants were included in a 30-week long-term semistructured ABGT focused on raising awareness of their psychological problems. Participants who received ABGT had significantly better functioning and lower severity of target problems compared with the control group. The severity of the three most important problems reported by patients post-ABGT compared with pre-ABGT and the effects of these problems on their social/private lives reduction was observed. The participants mostly benefited from catharsis, universality, self-understanding, existential factors and family re-enactment in the group process. Through the artwork, participants recognised the mental conflicts causing the symptoms of their ED. We found that art-based interventions are useful in the treatment of EDs, as they positively changed the functioning and symptoms of people with EDs. We recommend that clinicians keep these interventions in mind in formulating treatment protocols for these disorders.

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Effect of a long-term art-based group therapy with eating disorders

2023

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“…Case vignette ( 16) Amari (1986); (Conroy et al, 1986); Crowl (1980); Fitzsimmons and Levy (1997); Fleming (1989); Johnson and Parkinson (1999); Luzzatto (1994); Matto (1997); Misluk-Gervase (2020); Morenoff and Sobol (1989); Murphy (1984); Rust (1994); Schaverien (1994); Sporild and Bonsaksen (2014); Ticen (1990); Wolf et al (1985) Did not report on our outcome measures (7) J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f…”

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Effectiveness of art therapy for people with eating disorders: A mixed methods systematic review

Griffin

Fenner

Landorf

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The Arts in Psychotherapy

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“…Group members may not be able to tolerate the emotional or psychological content of their own artwork, but others may profit from viewing and responding to it (Johnson and Parkinson, 1999). In the case example, Emma sat quietly for a long time, listening to the other group members discuss her picture.…”

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Therapeutic factors in expressive art therapy for persons with eating disorders

Sporild

Bonsaksen

2015

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Group therapy has been widely discussed in terms of factors that work. Most of the previous work in this field is related to verbal psychotherapy, but it should not be assumed that non-verbal, activity-based groups, as well as combined group forms, have the same operating mechanisms as verbal psychotherapy groups. Thus, there is a need for more knowledge concerning the therapeutic mechanisms that other types of groups rely on. This article describes and discusses the expressive art therapy group at an eating disorders unit in Norway. Particular emphasis is placed on linking specific elements of a case example to a framework for describing therapeutic factors in groups.

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There's no Point Raging on Your Own: Using Art Therapy in Groups for People with Eating Disorders

Cited by 10 publications

References 2 publications

Effect of a long-term art-based group therapy with eating disorders

Effect of a long-term art-based group therapy with eating disorders

Effectiveness of art therapy for people with eating disorders: A mixed methods systematic review

Therapeutic factors in expressive art therapy for persons with eating disorders

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