Arts for the blues - a new creative psychological therapy for depression

Routinely prescribed psychological therapies for depression are not always effective. Arts therapies, particularly Dance Movement Psychotherapy, may offer additional therapeutic mechanisms for depression. Therefore, client-reported helpful factors from various therapy types, along with client prefer...

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Published inBritish journal of guidance & counselling Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 5 - 20
Main Authors Parsons, Ailsa, Omylinska-Thurston, Joanna, Karkou, Vicky, Harlow, Julianne, Haslam, Shelly, Hobson, Jessica, Nair, Kerry, Dubrow-Marshall, Linda, Thurston, Scott, Griffin, Julia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.01.2020
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Art Activities
Art Therapy
arts therapies
Behavior Modification
Cognitive Restructuring
Counseling Techniques
creative approaches
Creativity
depression
Depression (Psychology)
Diversity
pluralistic
Program Effectiveness
Psychotherapy
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Summary:Routinely prescribed psychological therapies for depression are not always effective. Arts therapies, particularly Dance Movement Psychotherapy, may offer additional therapeutic mechanisms for depression. Therefore, client-reported helpful factors from various therapy types, along with client preferences, are key in devising new therapeutic interventions. We present a framework for a new pluralistic "meta-approach" of therapy for depression, based on an interdisciplinary thematic synthesis (Thomas, J., & Harden, A. (2008). Methods for the thematic synthesis of qualitative research in systematic reviews. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 8[1], 45) of active ingredients from both talking therapies and creative approaches. Lastly, we offer an illustrative group therapy workshop based on this approach, to be piloted with clients and practitioners within an NHS mental health service. Further research is required to evaluate this pilot and to devise a full treatment for trialling within the service.
ISSN:0306-9885
1469-3534
DOI:10.1080/03069885.2019.1633459