Publication year
2014Number of pages
9 p.
Source
The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41, 5, (2014), pp. 484-492ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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SW OZ BSI KLP
Journal title
The Arts in Psychotherapy
Volume
vol. 41
Issue
iss. 5
Languages used
English (eng)
Page start
p. 484
Page end
p. 492
Subject
Experimental Psychopathology and TreatmentAbstract
Diverse approaches to art therapy assessment agree that art materials should play a central role. However, relatively little research is done on the role of different art materials. This article describes the results of a qualitative study on the use of art materials by art therapists in art therapy assessments of adults with mental health problems in The Netherlands.
Nine qualitative in-depth interviews were analyzed using Grounded Theory, which produced a theoretical framework of the use of art materials in art therapy assessments. This study showed that the way in which a client interacts with specific properties of art materials (i.e., the material interaction) reflects aspects of the client's mental health. Methodical application of specific properties of art materials enables art therapists to observe the client's material interaction and gain insight into the client's mental health. This observation helps art therapists with decisions to offer further treatment, formulate treatment goals and choose appropriate art interventions. Material interaction links art material properties to art making, art product and mental health, and it may connect the diverse approaches to art therapy assessment.
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