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Revisioning self-identity: The role of portraits, neuroscience and the art therapist's ‘third hand’

12 December 2018
Written by Dr Susan M. D. Carr, this is one of the most read articles ever published in the International Journal of Art Therapy...

The invisible wound: Veterans' art therapy

12 December 2018
Written by Janice Lobban, this is one of the most read and most cited articles ever published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape...

Art therapy with refugee children: A qualitative study explored through the lens of art therapists and their experiences

12 December 2018
New art therapy research by Zahra Akthar & Andrew Lovell...

Editorial by new Editors-in-Chief of International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape

05 December 2018
Alex McDonald & Dr Susan Carr reflect on the history of the journal and announce exciting new developments...

The Art Therapy Working Alliance Inventory: the development of a measure

23 November 2018
New art therapy research by Michal Bat Or & Sigal Zilcha-Mano published in International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape...

Art as Relational Encounter: An Ostensive Communication Theory of Art Therapy

05 November 2018
In this article Neil Springham and Val Huet write about ostensive communication theory and the development of epistemic trust in art therapy...

Learning about difference from observations of 'Case Study'

03 November 2018
Art therapist, Emma Wheeler and artist, Stephanie Roberts collaborate in an exploration of the ways in which the complex nature of dyslexia affects personal well being...

An adult’s perspective on art therapy and eating disorders

01 November 2018
In this short film C shares her experience of group and individual art therapy for adults. The film illustrates her therapeutic process and how art making enabled C to express herself and reflect upon her eating disorder...

The big national AHP debate....

09 October 2018
Calling all arts therapists and allied health professionals... the big AHP debate is live until 7th November 2018!

Can AHPs Transform Adult Mental Health?

04 October 2018
We are excited to announce that on World Mental Health Day, 10th October, we are launching a national debate for allied health professionals…

BAAT are recruiting: Membership & Events Assistant

12 September 2018
The British Association of Art Therapists is a small, dynamic and extremely busy professional body. We are looking for an administrative assistant with IT skills to join our small team.

New research on art therapy for military service members with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

19 July 2018
New research suggests distinctive associations between the artworks made in art therapy session by military service members and advanced neuroimaging findings...

Social Dialogue: Arts & social work

20 June 2018
This special issue on arts in social work may be of particular interest to art therapists using arts in community contexts...

Diane Bruce at Attachment & the Arts: Arts therapies in perinatal parent-infant mental health

08 June 2018
Diane Bruce will be presenting 'The long view: Attachment, trauma and intergenerational approach to arts therapies in perinatal parent-infant mental health' at the 2018 Attachment & the Arts conference on 5th October...

Dr Val Huet, Dr Neil Springham, Ioanna Xenophontes, Nicci Mills & Alex McDonald at Attachment & the Arts (2018): Power dynamics and boundary violation

01 June 2018
Dr Val Huet & Dr Neil Springham present a grounded theory study on power dynamics and boundary violation in art therapy followed by views and responses from two service users, Ioanna Xenophontes & Nicci Mills...

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