scholarly journals What are You All Going to Do to Keep Black Women in Art Therapy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Gipson ◽  
Marisol Norris ◽  
Leah Amaral ◽  
Johanna Tesfaye ◽  
Anna Hiscox
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Professional Norms ◽  
Women In Art ◽  
Art Therapist ◽  
Student Question

In this viewpoint, the authors describe their impressions of a 2018 conference and the significance of participating in a learning environment that centered on arts therapists of color. Collectively, two art therapy educators, a music therapy educator, one new professional art therapist, and one art therapy graduate student, question the maintenance of professional norms that have at times motivated BIPOC students and practitioners to leave the creative arts therapies in search of other professional places to thrive. The article concludes with a Womanist Manifesto for Arts Therapies Education.

Supportive care with art therapy, for patients in isolation during stem cell transplant

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Agnese ◽  
Teresa Lamparelli ◽  
Andrea Bacigalupo ◽  
Paola Luzzatto
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Art Therapy ◽  
Stem Cell Transplant ◽  
Hemopoietic Stem Cell ◽  
Cell Transplant ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Meaningful Connections ◽  
Art Therapist ◽  
Made In

AbstractObjective:The aim of the art therapy study was twofold: 1) to identify the specific factors of the art therapy experience perceived as helpful by patients undergoing an allogenic hemopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT); and 2) to establish an appropriate criterion for referral to art therapy among this population.Method:Between 2006 and 2010, a dedicated art therapist met all the patients who were referred to her by the hematologist. The art therapy approach and techniques are described. Outcome was evaluated by self-assessment, based on written questionnaires that were given to the patients before discharge.Results:Seventy-four patients followed the weekly individual sessions during isolation and filled out the questionnaire. All of them defined the art therapy experience as “helpful” and specified in which way it had been helpful. Through a thematic analysis of the patients' written comments, three specific aspects of art therapy, which the patients found most helpful, were identified: (1) being able to calm down from anxiety, through the use of art therapy techniques (77.02%); (2) feeling free to express and share difficult feelings, which they had not communicated verbally (75.67%); and (3) establishing meaningful connections with their loved ones, through images made in art therapy (36.48%). Case illustrations are provided.Significance of results:The results suggest that referral to art therapy from the team might be helpful and appropriate: (1) when patients are anxious; (2) when they are uncommunicative and hide their feelings; and (3) when they feel disconnected from their loved ones at home.

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