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‘Who is in the castle?’ One man’s use of the Frankenstein story in art therapy

11 October 2017
This article explores ways in which the story of Frankenstein might be helpful in art therapy for someone trying to make sense of their own experiences of a frightening if familiar world...

Primary school children tell us about their art therapy

29 September 2017
In these beautifully illustrated quotes, children tell us about their experiences of the art therapy service based within their primary school...

Providing an atmosphere of extraordinary safety to promote secure attachment

28 September 2017
Case study on Lefika la Phodiso - the Art therapy Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa... Dr Hayley Berman at the 2017 Attachment & the Arts conference

Queens of the stick people: Epistemic trust, genuineness and artistic style in art therapy

26 September 2017
How two people who do not identify themselves as artistic found art therapy helped them when other interventions had failed... Ioanna Xenophontes, Nicci Mills and Dr Neil Springham at the 2017 Attachment & the Arts conference

On the same page: Shared understanding in primary-school-based art therapy

23 September 2017
Shared understanding of the task undertaken by therapist and client strongly determines whether the outcome is successful. How then, might art therapy help to develop that shared understanding?... Alex McDonald at the 2017 Attachment & the Arts conference

‘I like your new coat’: The emergence of secure base and sense of self and other through an art psychotherapy relationship

21 September 2017
This article tells the story of Jenny, an adult who has moderate learning disabilities and who presented with challenging behaviour. It describes her journey in art therapy over a two-year period and draws on both qualitative and quantitative approaches to consider the impact of this art therapy intervention.

When less is more: Using an attachment-based model in a brief art therapy intervention with complex trauma

19 September 2017
How can art therapists adapt their practice to ensure that children receive timely and effective treatment?... Mary Rose Brady at the 2017 Attachment & the Arts conference

Client and therapist attachment styles and working alliance

14 September 2017
Working alliance has been shown to be important in influencing the outcome of therapy... Dr Sandra Bucci at the 2017 Attachment & the Arts conference

Healing emotional life stories with visual art

09 September 2017
Visual art presents traces of intentional movements, generally ones made by hand... Professor Colwyn Trevarthen at the 2017 Attachment & the Arts conference

Finding creative ways to heal

08 September 2017
Art and medicine: mix them up and what do you get?... Jules Morgan interviews BAAT Lead for Children and Young People's Mental Health, Mary Rose Brady for the first ever issue of The Lancet, Child & Adolescent Health...

S reflects on her journey through art therapy

08 September 2017
A short film of S describing her experience of art therapy...

Processes of change in school-based art therapy with children

05 September 2017
This systematic qualitative study explored children’s school-based one-to-one art therapy in order to create a theory of change. Across two primary schools, 14 children were interviewed individually, as were their parents, teachers and art therapists...

Jacquie reflects on her experience of art therapy

31 August 2017
Jacquie reflects on her experience of Mentalization-Based Art Therapy for people who have received a diagnosis of personality disorders...

Art Programs in Calais Bring Humanity Back to the Lives of Refugees

29 August 2017
Through the artistic expression enabled by Art Refuge UK in Calais and echoed in the work of artists around the globe, refugees are reclaiming their identity as human beings despite the methodological dehumanization they face in the media, public policies and police brutality...

Art therapists with experience of mental distress: Implications for art therapy training and practice

21 August 2017
As part of its ongoing work to support and value the contributions to art therapy from service users, the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT) conducted a survey of art therapists with dual experience as professionals and mental health service users...
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