998
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Special Issue Research Paper: Art Therapy with People Who Have Experienced Trauma

A critical literature review: deconstructing narratives of trauma in art therapy with young people

Pages 19-29 | Received 18 Apr 2023, Accepted 10 Dec 2023, Published online: 06 Feb 2024

References

  • American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.).
  • Bal, J., & Kaur, R. (2018). Cultural humility in art therapy and child and youth care: Reflections on practice by Sikh women (L'humilité culturelle en art-thérapie et lessoins aux enfants et aux jeunes: Réflexions sur la pratique de femmes sikhes). Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, 31(1), 6–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/08322473.2018.145409
  • Barnett-Page, E., & Thomas, J. (2009). Methods for the synthesis of qualitative research: A critical review. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 9(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-9-59
  • Bracken, P., & Thomas, P. (2017). Reflections on critical psychiatry. In B. M. Z. Cohen (Ed.), Routledge international handbook of critical mental health (pp. 98–106). Routledge.
  • Burr, V. (2015). Social constructionism (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315715421
  • Burstow, B. (2003). Toward a radical understanding of trauma and trauma work. Violence Against Women, 9(11), 1293–1317. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801203255555
  • Burstow, B. (2005). A critique of posttraumatic stress disorder and the DSM. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 45(4), 429–445. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167805280265
  • Cohen-Yatziv, L., & Regev, D. (2019). The effectiveness and contribution of art therapy work with children in 2018-what progress has been made so far? A systematic review. International Journal of Art Therapy, 24(3), 100–112. https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2019.1574845
  • Comte, R. (2016). Neo-colonialism in music therapy: A critical interpretive synthesis of the literature concerning music therapy practice with refugees. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 16(3), https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v16i3.865
  • Danieli, Y. (Ed.) (1998). International handbook of multigenerational legacies of trauma. Springer Science & Business Media.
  • Dillon, J., Johnstone, L., & Longden, E. (2014). Trauma, dissociation, attachment and neuroscience: A new paradigm for understanding severe mental distress. In E. Speed, J. Moncrieff, & M. Rapley (Eds.), De-medicalizing misery II: Society, politics and the mental health industry (pp. 226–234). Palgrave Macmillan UK.
  • Dixon-Woods, M., Cavers, D., Agarwal, S., Annandale, E., Arthur, A., Harvey, J., … Sutton, A. J. (2006). Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 6(35), https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-6-35
  • Eaton, L. G., Doherty, K. L., & Widrick, R. M. (2007). A review of research and methods used to establish art therapy as an effective treatment method for traumatized children. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 34(3), 256–262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2007.03.001
  • Ginwright, S. (2018). The future of healing: Shifting from trauma-informed care to healing centered engagement. Occasional Paper, 25, 25–32. https://kinshipcarersvictoria.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/OP-Ginwright-S-2018-Future-of-healing-care.pdf
  • Goodman, R. D. (2015). A liberatory approach to trauma counselling: Decolonizing our trauma-informed practices. In R. D. Goodman, & P. C. Gorski (Eds.), Decolonizing “multicultural” counselling through social justice (pp. 55–72). Springer.
  • Green, M. R., Flaherty, L. T., Harper, G., Hendren, R. L., King, R. A., Lester, P., … Wong, S. W. (2013). Trauma and adolescence I 6 the nature and scope of trauma. Adolescent Psychiatry, V. 27: Annals of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, 143.
  • Hancock, B., Windridge, K., & Ockleford, E. (2007). An introduction to qualitative research. The NIHR RDS EM / YH.
  • Harris, M., & Fallot, R. D. (2001). Envisioning a trauma-informed service system: A vital paradigm shift. New Directions for Mental Health Services, 2001(89), 3–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.23320018903
  • Hense, C. L. (2015). Musical identities of young people recovering from mental illness (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Herman, J. L. (1992/2015). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence—from domestic abuse to political terror. Basic Books.
  • Johnson, D. R. (2009). Commentary: Examining underlying paradigms in the creative arts therapies of trauma. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 36(2), 114–120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2009.01.011
  • Johnstone, L., & Boyle, M. (2018). The power threat meaning framework: An alternative nondiagnostic conceptual system. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678187932
  • Jones, P. J., & McNally, R. J. (2022). Does broadening one's concept of trauma undermine resilience? Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 14(1), S131–S139. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001063
  • Kapitan, L. (2015). Social action in practice: Shifting the ethnocentric lens in cross-cultural art therapy encounters. Art Therapy, 32(3), 104–111. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2015.1060403
  • Karcher, O. P. (2017). Sociopolitical oppression, trauma, and healing: Moving toward a social justice art therapy framework. Art Therapy, 34(3), 123–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2017.1358024
  • Lannamann, J. W., & McNamee, S. (2020). Unsettling trauma: from individual pathology to social pathology. Journal of Family Therapy, 42(3), 328–346. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12288
  • Maddux, J. E. (2008). Positive psychology and the illness ideology: Toward a positive clinical psychology. Applied Psychology, 57(s1), 54–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2008.00354.x
  • Malchiodi, C. A. (2012). Art therapy and the brain. In C. A. Malchiodi (Ed.), Handbook of art therapy (2nd ed., pp. 17–26). The Guilford Press.
  • Marxen, E. (2020). Deinstitutionalizing art of the nomadic museum: Practicing and theorizing critical art therapy with adolescents. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351116664
  • McFerran, K. S. (2016). Contextualising the relationship between music, emotions and the well-being of young people: A critical interpretive synthesis. Musicae Scientiae, 20(1), 103–121. https://doi.org/10.1177/1029864915626968
  • McFerran, K. S., Hense, C., Medcalf, L., Murphy, M., & Fairchild, R. (2017). Integrating emotions into the critical interpretive synthesis. Qualitative Health Research, 27(1), 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732316639284
  • McFerran, K. S., Lai, H. I. C., Chang, W. H., Acquaro, D., Chin, T. C., Stokes, H., & Crooke, A. H. D. (2020). Music, Rhythm and Trauma: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Research Literature. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 324. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00324
  • Moon, C. H. (2002). Studio art therapy: Cultivating the artist identity in the art therapist. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  • Moon, C. H. (2014). Theorizing from the margins. Art Therapy Online, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.atol.v5i1.339
  • Naff, K. (2014). A framework for treating cumulative trauma with art therapy. Art Therapy, 31(2), 79–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2014.903824
  • Papadopoulos, R. K. (2005). Political violence, trauma and mental health interventions. In D. Kalmanowitz, & B. Lloyd (Eds.), Art therapy and political violence: With art, without illusion (pp. 35–59). Routledge.
  • Rankin, A. B., & Taucher, L. C. (2003). A task-oriented approach to art therapy in trauma treatment. Art Therapy, 20(3), 138–147. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2003.10129570
  • Read, J., Fosse, R., Moskowitz, A., & Perry, B. (2014). The traumagenic neurodevelopmental model of psychosis revisited. Neuropsychiatry, 4(1), 65–79. https://doi.org/10.2217/NPY.13.89
  • Riley, S. (2001). Commentary. In J. A. Rubin (Ed.), Approaches to art: Therapy theory and technique (2nd ed., pp. 281–284). Brunner-Routledge.
  • Schore, A. N. (2002). Dysregulation of the right brain: a fundamental mechanism of traumatic attachment and the psychopathogenesis of posttraumatic stress disorder. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 36(1), 9–30. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.00996.x
  • Schouten, K. A., van Hooren, S., Knipscheer, J. W., Kleber, R. J., & Hutschemaekers, G. J. (2019). Trauma-focused art therapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 20(1), 114–130. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2018.1502712
  • Schwan, K. J., Fallon, B., & Milne, B. (2018). “The one thing that actually helps”: Art creation as a self-care and health-promoting practice amongst youth experiencing homelessness. Children and Youth Services Review, 93, 355–364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.08.002
  • Summerfield, D. (2000). Childhood, war, refugeedom and ‘trauma’: Three core questions for mental health professionals. Transcultural Psychiatry, 37(3), 417–433. https://doi.org/10.1177/136346150003700308
  • Summerfield, D. (2001). The invention of post-traumatic stress disorder and the social usefulness of a psychiatric category. BMJ, 322(7278), 95–98. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7278.95
  • Terr, L. C. (1991). Childhood traumas: An outline and overview. American Journal of Psychiatry, 148(1), 10–20. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.148.1.10
  • Tseris, E. (2017). A feminist critique of trauma therapy. In B. M. Cohen (Ed.), Routledge international handbook of critical mental health (pp. 251–257). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315399584
  • Tseris, E. (2019). Trauma, women’s mental health, and social justice: Pitfalls and possibilities. Routledge.
  • Van der Kolk, B. A. (2003). The neurobiology of childhood trauma and abuse. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 12(2), 293–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1056-4993(03)00003-8
  • Van der Kolk, B. A. (2005). Developmental trauma disorder: Toward a rational diagnosis for children with complex trauma histories. Psychiatric Annals, 35(5), 401–408. https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20050501-06
  • Van Lith, T. (2016). Art therapy in mental health: A systematic review of approaches and practices. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 47, 9–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2015.09.003
  • Van Lith, T., Schofield, M. J., & Fenner, P. (2013). Identifying the evidence-base for art-based practices and their potential benefit for mental health recovery: A critical review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 35(16), 1309–1323. https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2012.732188
  • van Westrhenen, N., & Fritz, E. (2014). Creative arts therapy as treatment for child trauma: An overview. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41(5), 527–534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2014.10.004
  • Young, A. (1995). The harmony of illusions: Inventing post-traumatic stress disorder. University Press.
  • Appleton, V. (2001). Avenues of hope: Art therapy and the resolution of trauma. Art Therapy, 18(1), 6–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2001.10129454
  • Basto, E., Warson, E., & Barbour, S. (2012). Exploring American Indian adolescents’ needs through a community-driven study. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 39(2), 134–142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2012.02.006
  • Bennink, J., Gussak, D. E., & Skowran, M. (2003). The role of the art therapist in a juvenile justice setting. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 30(3), 163–173. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0197-4556(03)00051-0
  • Block, D., Harris, T., & Laing, S. (2005). Open studio process as a model of social action: A program for at-risk youth. Art Therapy, 22(1), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2005.10129459
  • Briks, A. (2007). Art therapy with adolescents: Vehicle to engagement and transformation. Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, 20(1), 2–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/08322473.2007.11432288373
  • Czamanski-Cohen, J. (2010). “Oh! Now I remember”: The use of a studio approach to art therapy with internally displaced people. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 37(5), 407–413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2010.09.003
  • Fliegel, L. S. (2000). An unfound door: Reconceptualizing art therapy as a community-linked treatment. American Journal of Art Therapy, 38(3), 81–89.
  • Hanes, M. J. (2000). Catharsis in art therapy: A case study of a sexually abused adolescent. American Journal of Art Therapy, 38(3), 70–74.
  • Harber, K. (2011). Creating a framework: Art therapy elicits the narrative. Art Therapy, 28(1), 19–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2011.557766
  • Hartz, L., & Thick, L. (2005). Art therapy strategies to raise self-esteem in female juvenile offenders: A comparison of art psychotherapy and art as therapy approaches. Art Therapy, 22(2), 70–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2005.10129440
  • Jang, H., & Choi, S. (2012). Increasing ego-resilience using clay with low SES (Social Economic Status) adolescents in group art therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 39(4), 245–250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2012.04.001
  • Jue, J., & Kim, H. (2014). Draw-a-Story response characteristics of young North Korean defectors. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41(5), 504–510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2014.08.007
  • Kay, L., & Wolf, D. (2017). Artful coalitions: Challenging adverse adolescent experiences. Art Education, 70(5), 26–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2017.1335542
  • Kruger, D., & Swanepoel, M. (2017). Gluing the pieces together: Female adolescents’ construction of meaning through digital metaphoric imagery in trauma therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 54, 92–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2017.04.011
  • Lyshak-Stelzer, F., Singer, P., Patricia, S. J., & Chemtob, C. M. (2007). Art therapy for adolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A pilot study. Art Therapy, 24(4), 163–169. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2007.10129474374
  • Mazloomian, H., & Moon, B. L. (2007). Images from purgatory: Art therapy with male adolescent sexual abusers. Art Therapy, 24(1), 16–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2007.10129367
  • Miller, R. B. (2007). The role of response art in the case of an adolescent survivor of developmental trauma. Art Therapy, 24(4), 184–190. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2007.10129470
  • Mohr, E. (2014). Posttraumatic growth in youth survivors of a disaster: An arts-based research project. Art Therapy, 31(4), 155–162. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2015.963487
  • Nielsen, F. (2018). Responsive Art Psychotherapy as a component of intervention for severe adolescent mental illness: a case study. Art Therapy OnLine, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.atol.v9i1.487
  • Nielsen, F., Isobel, S., & Starling, J. (2019). Evaluating the use of responsive art therapy in an inpatient child and adolescent mental health services unit. Australasian Psychiatry, 27(2), 165–170. https://doi.org/10.1177/1039856218822745
  • Parisian, K. (2015). Identity formation: Art therapy and an adolescent's search for self and belonging. Art Therapy, 32(3), 130–135. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2015.1061257
  • Persons, R. W. (2009). Art therapy with serious juvenile offenders: A phenomenological analysis. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 53(4), 433–453. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X08320208
  • Pifalo, T. (2002). Pulling out the thorns: Art therapy with sexually abused children and adolescents. Art Therapy, 19(1), 12–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2002.10129724
  • Pifalo, T. (2006). Art therapy with sexually abused children and adolescents: Extended research study. Art Therapy, 23(4), 181–185. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2006.10129337
  • Prescott, M. V., Sekendur, B., Bailey, B., & Hoshino, J. (2008). Art making as a component and facilitator of resiliency with homeless youth. Art Therapy, 25(4), 156–163. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2008.10129549
  • Slayton, S. C. (2012). Building community as social action: An art therapy group with adolescent males. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 39(3), 179–185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2011.12.01

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.