A Four-Drawing Art Therapy Trauma and Resiliency Protocol Study
Publication date: Available online 15 February 2018Source: The Arts in PsychotherapyAuthor(s): Noah Hass-Cohen, Rebecca Bokoch, Joanna Clyde Findlay, Alyssa Banford WittingAbstractResiliency, as fostered by creativity, imagination, and the arts therapies, is a critical factor in managing the impact of adversity. This pilot study investigated the potential effectiveness of a four-drawing art therapy trauma and resiliency protocol for coping with adverse life events. The protocol is designed according to memory reconsolidation research and based in art therapy relational neuroscience (ATR-N) principles and trauma models. The...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The experience of attunement and misattunement in dance movement therapy workshops
Publication date: Available online 22 June 2018Source: The Arts in PsychotherapyAuthor(s): Tjaša Jerak, Alenka Vidrih, Gregor ŽvelcAbstractThis qualitative study was designed to investigate the moments of attunement and misattunement in the dance movement therapy workshops. The main research question was how do participants experience moments of attunement and misattunement in dance movement therapy workshops. The study uses a quasi-experimental design, with phenomenological inquiry, and a two part analysis: Laban Movement Analysis and grounded theory coding. Four students of expressive arts therapies attended four exper...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Affective and autonomic response to dynamic rhythmic entrainment – Mechanisms of a specific music therapy factor
The objective of this study was to examine specific cardiovascular and affective effects of live music that was initially matched with the listener’s heart beat and then gradually decreased to promote relaxation.Thirty apparently healthy students were randomized to either the experimental (EG) or the control group (CG). After a brief mental stress task, both groups listened to a live music therapy relaxation technique. While a biofeedback device was utilized to enable real-time synchronization of relaxing music to the listener’s pulse in the EG, the tempo in the CG was fixed to 70 beats per minute. Outcomes encompassed...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
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Publication date: July 2018Source: The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 59Author(s): (Source: Arts in Psychotherapy)
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Working with parents in the neonatal intensive care unit: An analysis of music therapy practice in the United States of America
Publication date: July 2018Source: The Arts in Psychotherapy, Volume 59Author(s): Lori F. Gooding, Bethany TrainorAbstractParents of infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) often face a variety of emotional and practical challenges that can lead to post-traumatic stress symptoms, acute stress disorder, or posttraumatic stress disorder. Music therapy has consistently shown benefits for infants, parents, and caregivers, but limited information exists on how music therapists specifically address parents’ needs. The purpose of this study was to explore American music therapists’ experiences with par...
Source: Arts in Psychotherapy - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
