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UnBoxed: Stories from Survivors of Domestic Abuse

10 March 2019
By Kim Bryan and Sarah Soo Hon

The Social Imperative in Art Therapy Research: Claiming Spaces, Transforming Narratives... Prof Lynn Kapitan at the International Art Therapy Practice

08 March 2019
“This is a fabulous opportunity to connect with ‘pioneering’ art therapists from all over the world. I look forward to the fresh perspective that comes with sharing and learning from each other, which I expect will renew, inspire, and strengthen us as a collective.” Prof Lynn Kapitan

Building Resilience: A Pilot Study of an Art Therapy and Mindfulness Group in a Community Learning Disability Team

03 March 2019
This article by Siobhan Burns and Mike Waite paper describes an art therapy group run for adults who have learning disabilities...

Getting Going on Art Therapy Research... Dr Sarah Deaver at the International Art Therapy Practice/Research Conference

01 March 2019
“I am eager to participate in this exciting conference, to meet colleagues from around the world, and to learn new perspectives of our profession." Dr Sarah Deaver

Hospital Rooms Arts and Mental Health Charity - Working with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust’s Acute Adult Inpatient Services at Woodlands in Ipswich.

24 February 2019
The arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms is undertaking its seventh project and its first outside of London as it launches its work with the Woodlands Unit, in Ipswich. Hospital Rooms commissions museum quality artwork for mental health units in NHS hospitals and this marks the beginning of the charity's work across the UK.

Tapping into Museums for Art Psychotherapy: An Evaluation of a Pilot Group for Young Adults

17 February 2019
This article by Ali Coles and Fiona Harrison describes a pilot museum-based art psychotherapy group for seven 18 to 25-year-old adults with severe mental health difficulties...

Adaptive Response Theory: A biopsychosocial approach to art therapy... Dr Girija Kaimal at the International Art Therapy Practice/Research Conference

15 February 2019
"At this pioneering inaugural conference, I am looking forward to meeting art therapists from around the world to better understand how we need to re-imagine the scope of the field from clinical, educational and research perspectives." Dr Girija Kaimal

Art Therapists help win the 2019 TES Creative School of the Year Award

12 February 2019
Art Therapists, Abigail Thomson and Mandy Neilson tell us about the work they do at Wilds Lodge School and why they won the award...

The Art of Note Writing: Art Therapy and Clinical Notes

10 February 2019
This paper by Ali Coles explores how the writing of art therapy clinical notes can be a creative practice and discusses implications for associated therapeutic work.

Unifying & elevating the arts therapies & arts for health & wellbeing... Dr Donna Betts at the International Art Therapy Practice/Research Conference

08 February 2019
“There will be limitless potential to advance art therapy worldwide as an outgrowth of the connectivity that will happen at this inaugural conference among art therapy practitioners and researchers.” Dr Donna Betts

A Universe of Opportunities for your AHP career

05 February 2019
There’s never been a better time to develop your career and a new animation and careers resource developed by Health Education England can help you do just that. It aims to inspire, motivate and unleash the often-untapped talent across all the Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) across the country...

Suitability of the art therapy room and changes in outcome measures in the education system

03 February 2019
This article by Yafit Danieli, Sharon Snir, Dafna Regev & Michal Adoni-Kroyanker examines the relationship between art therapists' perceptions of their art therapy rooms in schools and changes in their clients' outcome measures...

Using arts based research in art therapy to transform society... Prof Ephrat Huss at the International Art Therapy Practice/Research Conference

02 February 2019
“I think that it is so important that art therapy creates a space to seriously and critically reflect on its methods of producing knowledge and on its connections to broader social issues: This conference sounds like it will do exactly that!" Professor Ephrat Huss

Jim Aitchison: Melancholia, Meaning and Meaninglessness

26 January 2019
Jim Aitchison is an artist and composer, and has worked with artists and institutions such as Gerhard Richter, Antony Gormley, Tate, RA and the Royal Academy of Music. He has also experienced decades of mental health challenges and many years of psychotherapy of one kind or another...

Flexing the frame: therapist experiences of museum-based group art psychotherapy for adults with complex mental health difficulties

17 January 2019
This article by Ali Coles, Fiona Harrison & Saira Todd, explores the issues involved in running art therapy groups for people with long term mental health difficulties in museums instead of NHS outpatient centres...

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