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Art Therapy Research
A Practical Guide

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Art Therapy Research is a clear and intuitive guide for educators, students, and practitioners on the procedures for conducting art therapy enquiry. Presented using a balanced view of paradigms that reflect the pluralism of art therapy research, this exciting new resource offers clarity while maintaining the complexity of research approaches and considering the various epistemologies and their associated methods. This text brings enquiry to life through the inclusion of sample experientials in every affiliate and student worksheets, as well as a total chapter on report writing that includes a completed sample report. This comprehensive guide is essential reading for educators looking to farther the application of learning outcomes such as teamwork, advice, and critical thinking in their practice.

Table of Contents

About the Authors  Contributors  Acknowledgements  Chapter one: Introduction to Art Therapy Research  Affiliate 2: Ethics and Oversight in Art Therapy Research  Chapter three: Quantitative Research Methods in Fine art Therapy  Affiliate 4: Qualitative Research Methods in Art Therapy (Theresa Van Lith)  Chapter v: Arts-Based Inquiry in Art Therapy (Hashemite kingdom of jordan Potash)  Affiliate 6: Mixed Methods Research in Art Therapy  Chapter 7: Assessment Research in Fine art Therapy  Chapter 8: Designing and Executing an Art Therapy Research Study  Appendices: Supplemental Materials Glossary

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Biography

Donna J. Betts, PhD, ATR-BC, is the Clinical Research Advisor for Creative Forces™: NEA Military Healing Arts Network, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense force and Veterans Affairs and state and local arts agencies with administrative support provided by Americans for the Arts. Dr. Betts is an adjunct Associate Professor at the George Washington University Graduate Art Therapy Program. From 2015-2017 she was President of the American Art Therapy Association and presently serves on the Enquiry Committee. An award-winning scholar, Dr. Betts has presented internationally on art therapy practice, policy, and research.

Sarah P. Deaver, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, is in private practice at The Psychotherapy Center in Norfolk, VA. She was appointed to the faculty of the Graduate Fine art Therapy and Counseling Program at Eastern Virginia Medical Schoolhouse in 1981, was its Research Managing director from 1996-2017, and was Professor from 2012-2018. Her clinical and enquiry interests include assessment, visual journaling, and trauma informed art therapy. Dr. Deaver has been active in the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) in numerous capacities and was its President from 2013-2015. In 2014, the AATA recognized her equally Distinguished Educator, and she was granted Honorary Life Membership in 2017.

Reviews

"Philosophical, theoretical, and practical, this book is a complete guide to art therapy research. Beautifully written, and thoughtfully conceived, the text is ultimately readable and uses fine art therapy studies to illuminate difficult concepts. It is complete with worksheets providing maps for developing and implementing studies. A must for art therapists wishing to empathize research and for those desiring to embark on a enquiry journey."

Marcia L. Rosal, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, professor emerita, Florida State Academy

"Betts and Deaver accept put together a thorough compendium that illuminates how practice informs enquiry and education in an ongoing feedback loop of expansion that highlights a range of research applications near useful for art therapists. The authors of this text provide a methodologically audio vision for how to sympathise, conceptualize and apply enquiry paradigms within a gimmicky art therapy framework that is focused in scope yet covers the breadth of inquiry that the profession is capable of."

Juliet L. King ATR-BC, LPC, LMHC, acquaintance professor fine art therapy, The George Washington University; adjunct associate professor, Indiana Academy Schoolhouse of Medicine, Department of Neurology

"This is a timely, pragmatic, and comprehensive textbook that presents a contemporary assay of current trends and challenges and a how-to guide on conducting research in art therapy using a range of recognized research methodologies. The textbook aligns assessments, qualitative, quantitative, arts-based and mixed methods designs with a much-needed call for rigorous research in art therapy. The authors are experienced educators and researchers and this is axiomatic in the data collection resources, upwardly-to-date ethical guidelines, recommendations, and reflections on the electric current needs for methodologically audio research in the field. I highly recommend this text for fine art therapy clinicians and researchers at all levels of practice."

Girija Kaimal, EdD, MA, ATR-BC, assistant professor, PhD program in Creative Arts Therapies, Section of Creative Arts Therapies; chair, Enquiry Committee, American Art Therapy Association

"This is a must-read volume for fine art therapists considering undertaking research studies or education research to students. It is a succinct and comprehensive overview of the issues involved with examples from art therapy research and clarifies those crucial practical steps needed to succeed in research."

Neil Springham, caput of arts therapies, pb for psychological therapies and patient experience atomic number 82, Bromley; ResearchNet coordinator