Clay art therapy on emotion regulation: Research, theoretical underpinnings, and treatment mechanisms

Nan, Joshua K.M.; Hinz, Lisa D.; Lusebrink, Vija B.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-817933-8.00009-8

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“…The aim of this project was to decrease the social isolation that naturally accompanies loss and may have been exacerbated during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions [45]. We also wanted to offer opportunities for youth to express their grief and help them clarify feelings associated with their loss [28,29].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It also shifted overall levels of loneliness higher which is what would be more expected in this vulnerable group of youths (Table 2). The Satisfaction with Life Scale SWL [45] is a 5-item questionnaire that uses a 7-point Likert rating scale assessing subjective well-being. It has been used extensively throughout social, health and well-being literature showing it correlates with other measures of mental health and has been established to be predictive of suicidal ideation.…”

Section: Short Mood and Feeling Questionnairementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous grief work conducted with adolescents have highlighted the necessity of addressing loneliness [38][39][40], depressive symptomology [34,41], and suicidal ideation [42][43][44]; hence this study targeted these evidence-based outcomes for our participants. It is anticipated that this work will contribute to the growing body of research supporting expressive arts therapy as an approach to improving wellbeing and coping skills after the loss of a close family member [32,45,46]. The primary innovation in this pilot project is the blended service delivery using a professional artist and certified counsellors to deliver grief services when art therapists were not readily available due to the locale and COVID-19 conditions.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Expressive Arts for Grieving Youth: A Pilot Project

Law¹,

Pastirik²,

Shamputa³

2023

OBM Integr Complement Med

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The experience of loss due to death, illness, and social mitigation was inevitable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mental health services are chronically difficult to access in Canada, and this barrier is further exacerbated when trying to access certified art therapists to deliver expressive arts therapy. This pilot project attempted to provide an alternative to this service through an interprofessional alliance with a professional artist and certified counselors. A small group (n = 6) of vulnerable youth who had suffered the recent loss of a loved one and were at risk for mental health issues participated in an expressive arts therapy program, over a four-week period in the late Spring of 2021. Expressive arts activities such as clay mask making to express the emotions of grief, provided opportunities for the youth to learn healthy ways of coping with grief and loss. A mixed-methods approach involving quantitative data was collected with a battery of well-validated instruments to assess changes in depressive symptomatology, social and emotional loneliness and satisfaction with life. These measures were complemented with qualitative data collected during a focus group at the end of the program. Measures conducted before and after the program found decreases in loneliness, coupled with youth expressing the shared experience was comforting, reduced feelings of isolation, and increased a sense of belonging. Preliminary evidence supports that expressive arts programs for vulnerable youth may help to stabilize mood, decrease feelings of isolation/loneliness, and may generate a supportive community of peers, providing a safe space for the expression of grief through creative outlets.

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Expressive Arts for Grieving Youth: A Pilot Project

Law¹,

Pastirik²,

Shamputa³

2023

OBM Integr Complement Med

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“…Art therapy also involves active kinesthetic components that can “induce haptic, proprioceptive, and visual sensations” ( Nan et al, 2021 ). An experimental study examined EEG activity of 14 healthy participants during clay sculpting and drawing recorded over bilateral medial frontal cortex and bilateral medial parietal cortex of each participant ( Kruk et al, 2014 ).…”

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A conceptual framework for a neurophysiological basis of art therapy for PTSD

Malhotra,

Jones,

Spooner

et al. 2024

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous condition that affects many civilians and military service members. Lack of engagement, high dropout rate, and variable response to psychotherapy necessitates more compelling and accessible treatment options that are based on sound neuroscientific evidence-informed decision-making. Art therapy incorporates elements proven to be effective in psychotherapy, such as exposure, making it a potentially valuable treatment option. This conceptual paper aims to inform the neurophysiological rationale for the use of art therapy as a therapeutic approach for individuals with PTSD. A narrative synthesis was conducted using literature review of empirical research on the neurophysiological effects of art therapy, with supporting literature on neuroaesthetics and psychotherapies to identify art therapy factors most pertinent for PTSD. Findings were synthesized through a proposed framework based on the triple network model considering the network-based dysfunctions due to PTSD. Art therapy’s active components, such as concretization and metaphor, active art engagement, emotion processing and regulation, perspective taking and reframing, and therapeutic alliance, may improve symptoms of PTSD and prompt adaptive brain functioning. Given the scarcity of rigorous studies on art therapy’s effectiveness and mechanisms of alleviating PTSD symptoms, the suggested framework offers a neurophysiological rationale and a future research agenda to investigate the impact of art therapy as a therapeutic approach for individuals with PTSD.

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“…Clay is a natural material made from soil, commonly used in art therapy (Orbach, 2017). Clay is flexible, and its molding promotes unity with nature, and with polarized emotions such as playfulness, anxiety, serenity, aggression, joy, and such (Nan et al, 2021;Richards, 2011). Clay, as a primary material, carries qualities that encourage regression (Govoni et al, 2022).…”

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Molding the Fear: Representations of Fatherhood in Clay by Violent Men

Lev,

Klein,

Barzilay

et al. 2023

Creative Arts Educ Ther

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This article presents an artistic inquiry among three students during an art-based research course in the art therapy master’s program at Ono Academy, Israel. Their collaboration focused on composing inquiry modes that could explore paternal representations of violent men that arise in artmaking with clay. Three fathers who took part in an abuse-prevention art therapy group, their group facilitator as a witness, and the three student-researchers participated in the project. The paper focuses on the research method that comprised artmaking with clay, a questionnaire, observations, and discussions. Two main themes arose within the study: coexisting contrasts and false perfection as well as a gained sense of success and assurance that could project onto their perceptions of parenting. The project highlights the significance of artmaking with clay as a research tool and as a potential prophylactic treatment for preventing domestic violence.

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Clay art therapy on emotion regulation: Research, theoretical underpinnings, and treatment mechanisms

Cited by 12 publications

References 43 publications

Expressive Arts for Grieving Youth: A Pilot Project

Expressive Arts for Grieving Youth: A Pilot Project

A conceptual framework for a neurophysiological basis of art therapy for PTSD

Molding the Fear: Representations of Fatherhood in Clay by Violent Men

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