The art therapy large group as a teaching method for the institutional and political aspects of professional training

Skaife, Sally; Jones, Kevin

doi:10.1111/j.1473-6861.2008.00211.x

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“…Our previous theory (Skaife and Jones, 2009; Skaife, Jones and Pentaris, 2016) spoke of specific learning outcomes for the ATLG. Our research has shown that we cannot know what a learning outcome will be prior to any group or session taking place, it has to be found, or re-found each time.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This mind/body split they thought, reflected other hierarchical binaries, for example, in class, race and gender. Skaife and Jones (2009) illustrated this with a case example of a post group in which the male staff favoured cognitive interpretation and the female staff the aesthetic process. They describe how this large group enactment made the artificial split visible.…”

Section: Part Onementioning

confidence: 98%

“…Skaife and Jones (2009) also discussed the self-management in the ATLG of intense feelings, an important aptitude for survival in the work place. For example, deciding whether or not to get up and make art in the group or to talk, can feel momentous due to the sheer size of the group.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Skaife and Jones (2009) thought that in the ATLG power structures around art were contested. They likened the art in the group to performance art, in which the traditional relationship of active artist and passive audience is challenged, as is the commodification of art.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The ATLG as an educational method Skaife and Jones (2009) delineated three key educational aims to the ATLG: learning about art therapy processes, learning about the process of becoming a professional art therapist, and learning about institutional and political issues relevant for the work place.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The story of the camera, a case study of an art therapy large group

Skaife¹,

Morris²,

Tipple³

et al. 2019

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This article presents a research-based case study on the Art Therapy Large Group on a MA training in Art Psychotherapy, a group that has a similar role to the large group in a therapeutic community. The group situates itself between a large verbal group, an art therapy group and performance art. Photographs, taken as part of the research by staff and students during four consecutive sessions of the group, are presented and related to: a written narrative of the group, to a staff recorded discussion and to notes from a student focus group. The method is an iterative process, moving between the verbal and visual that parallels the process of the group itself. The group revolves around responses to the camera, telling a story of power, gender and desire. The findings are three-fold: firstly, that art making and performance are thinking process in themselves and containing of affect; secondly, questions are raised about the nature of dialogue in group analytically based large groups which is here extended to include the material and the physical; lastly, dominant thinking on educational methods is questioned.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Part Onementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Part Onementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Part Onementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Part Onementioning

confidence: 99%

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The story of the camera, a case study of an art therapy large group

Skaife¹,

Morris²,

Tipple³

et al. 2019

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The impact of the Art Therapy Large Group, an educational tool in the training of art therapists, on post-qualification professional practice

Skaife¹,

Jones

Pentaris

2016

International Journal of Art Therapy

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This article reports the findings of a Likert scale survey that was sent to past graduates of the MA Art Psychotherapy, Goldsmiths, University of London asking them about the relevance of their experience in the Art Therapy Large Group (ATLG) to their subsequent employment as art therapists or work in another capacity. The ATLG comprises all the students and staff in a psychodynamically based experiential group that meets six times during the year. Survey questions were drawn from previously devised theory and related to learning relevant to the workplace and the development of professional identity. Though there was a low response rate (20%), there were some significant findings, namely that graduates found the ATLG to be helpful in their work, whether this was art therapy or non-art therapy work, and that those who had studied part-time were much more positive about the applicability of their learning in the group to their work than those who had studied full-time. The findings suggest that the ATLG has a particular role in meeting key performance indicators in professional regulation and teaching and in quality assurance and employability policies in higher education. Finally, the potential for the use of the ATLG beyond the university in the public, private and voluntary sectors is suggested.

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The Art Psychotherapy Median Group

Dudley¹

2012

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Median and large art psychotherapy group theories offer facilitators within psychiatric settings understanding of the benefits of larger regular group membership; something desired but often absent in art psychotherapy groups, and also various groups run within the psychiatric services such as activity and community meetings. Instead, sporadic, ever changing membership is familiar with the result that thinking and reflection is frequently kept on each individual member. To keep the focus predominantly on the group can result in steady membership and provide the opportunity for institutional, societal, cultural, class and political concerns to be considered.

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The art therapy large group as a teaching method for the institutional and political aspects of professional training

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

The story of the camera, a case study of an art therapy large group

The story of the camera, a case study of an art therapy large group

The impact of the Art Therapy Large Group, an educational tool in the training of art therapists, on post-qualification professional practice

The Art Psychotherapy Median Group

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