Expressive arts group therapy with middle-school aged children from military families

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 356-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Kim ◽  
Maureen Kirchhoff ◽  
Stan Whitsett
2006 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 1790-1795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Harnack ◽  
Leslie A. Lytle ◽  
Mary Story ◽  
Deborah A. Galuska ◽  
Kathryn Schmitz ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul T. Costa ◽  
Robert R. McCrae ◽  
Thomas A. Martin

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-164
Author(s):  
Shira Diamond ◽  
Rachel Lev-Wiesel

The complexity of children’s entrance into mental health treatment has been the growing focus of much recent research. However, little attention has been given to the exploration of this phenomenon from the clients’ point of view. This study aimed to gain understanding of the experience of entering therapy as a child through examination of the recollections of adult former clients who had participated as children in expressive arts group therapy (EAGT). Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with 20 adult former child therapy clients who had participated in EAGT for at least 1year. Two major themes were revealed: one concerning participants’ perceptions of the reasons for being in therapy as children and the other concerning their recollections and perception of their attitudes toward the idea of being in therapy. These two themes point to the central role of social, emotional, and cognitive developmental factors in the establishment of attitudes toward enrollment in psychotherapy, highlighting the difference between adults and children. These findings correspond with other studies in this area, adding a presentation of the experience from the client’s perspective.


2014 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 182-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Hooshmand ◽  
Gillian Hotz ◽  
Valerie Neilson ◽  
Lauren Chandler

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