813
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Special Issue Practice Paper: Art therapy with people who have experienced trauma

Creative arts as self-care: vicarious trauma, resilience and the trainee art therapist

Pages 45-56 | Received 02 Feb 2023, Accepted 05 Dec 2023, Published online: 20 Mar 2024

References

  • Barrington, A. J., & Shakespeare-Finch, J. (2013). Working with refugee survivors of torture and trauma: An opportunity for vicarious post-traumatic growth. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 26(1), 89–105. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070.2012.727553
  • Baslet, G., & Hill, J. (2011). Case report: Brief mindfulness-based psychotherapeutic intervention during inpatient hospitalization in a patient with conversion and dissociation. Clinical Case Studies, 10(2), 95–109. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534650110396359
  • Beaumont, S. L. (2018). From liminality to transformation: Creating an art therapist identity through myths, metaphors, and self-portraits. Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, 31(2), 61–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/08322473.2018.1525667
  • Behrends, A., Müller, S., & Dziobek, I. (2012). Moving in and out of synchrony: A concept for a new intervention fostering empathy through interactional movement and dance. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 39(2), 107–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2012.02.003
  • Berrol, C. F. (2009). Healing through dance: Theoretical and practical aspects. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 36, 53–60.
  • Beutel, M. E., Michal, M., & Subic-Wrana, C. (2008). Psychoanalytically-oriented inpatient psychotherapy of somatoform disorders. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, 36(1), 125–142.
  • Blazek, M. J. (2010). Finding my feet: A dance/movement therapy intern's heuristic inquiry of clinician self-care. Creative Arts Therapies Theses. Paper 26. https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article = 1026&context = theses_dmt
  • Bowlby, J. (2012). A secure base: Clinical applications of attachment theory. Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Bristow, J. (2014). The double bind of parenting culture: Helicopter parents and cotton wool kids. In E. Lee, J. Bristow, C. Faircloth, & J. Macvarish (Eds.), Parenting culture studies (pp. 200–215). Routledge.
  • Bromberg, P. M. (2009). Truth, human relatedness, and the analytic process: An interpersonal/relational perspective. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 90(2), 347–361. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-8315.2009.00137.x
  • Carr, S. M. D. (2014). Revisioning self-identity: The role of portraits, neuroscience and the art therapist’s “third hand.”. International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape, 19(2), 54–70. https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2014.906476
  • Case, C. (2007). Review of the literature on art therapy supervision. In J. Shaverien, & C. Case (Eds.), Supervision of Art Psychotherapy: A theoretical and practical handbook (pp. 11–28). Routledge.
  • Clark, H. J. (2011). The development of therapist self-care practices by dance/movement therapists-in-training and the contribution of mentorship. Drexel University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing Available from: 30369609.
  • Cohen, K., & Collens, P. (2013). The impact of trauma work on trauma workers: A metasynthesis on vicarious trauma and vicarious posttraumatic growth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 5(6), 570–580. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030388
  • Coulter, A. M. (2014). Working as an art therapist with offenders. In S. Hogan, & A. M. Coulter (Eds.), The introductory guide to art therapy: Experiential teaching and learning for students and practitioners (pp. 139–151). Routledge.
  • COZOLINO. (2004). Challenges and strategies: The good enough therapist. In L. Cozolino (Ed.), The making of a therapist: A practical guide for the inner journey (pp. 73–78). W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Crawford, S., Solis, G., & Pfister, E. A. (2014). Art-making for the art therapist: A study on clinical insight, therapist identity, self-care, and countertransference. LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations. 54. https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/etd/54
  • Daehnert, C. (1998). The false self as a means of disidentification: A psychoanalytic case study. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 34(2), 251–271. https://doi.org/10.1080/00107530.1998.10746361
  • Deaton, J. D., Ohrt, J. H., Linich, K., Mccartney, E., & Glascoe, G. (2023). Vicarious posttraumatic growth: A systematic review and thematic synthesis across helping professions. Traumatology, 29(1), 17–26.
  • Dell, P., & O’neill, J. A. (2011). Dissociation and dissociative disorders: DSM-V and beyond. Routledge.
  • De Sousa, S., & Shapiro, S. (2018). The dance of presence: Mindfulness and movement. In B. Kirkcaldy (Ed.), Psychotherapy, literature and the visual and performing arts. Palgrave studies in creativity and culture (pp. 113–129). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75423-9_7.
  • Dethiville, L. (2014). Donald W. Winnicott: a new approach. Karnac.
  • Downs, M. S. (2019). The benefits of art therapy for mental health clinicians who have experienced vicarious trauma. Expressive therapies. Lesley University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
  • Edwards, D. (1993). Learning about feelings: The role of supervision in art therapy training. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 20(3), 213–222. https://doi.org/10.1016/0197-4556(93)90016-U
  • Edwards, D. (2004). Art therapy. Sage Publications.
  • Engle, P. (1997). Art therapy and dissociative disorders. Art Therapy, 14(4), 246–254. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.1987.10759293
  • Ennis, L., & Horne, S. (2003). Predicting psychological distress in sex offender therapists. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 15(2), 149–157.
  • Farrenkopf, T. (1992). What happens to therapists who work with sex offenders? Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 18(3/4), 217–224. https://doi.org/10.1300/J076v18n03_16
  • Figley, C. (1995). Compassion fatigue as secondary traumatic stress disorder: An overview. In C. Figley (Ed.), Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized (pp. 3–28). Brunner/Mazel.
  • Fish, B. J. (2019). Response art in art therapy: Historical and contemporary overview. Art Therapy, 36(3), 122–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2019.1648915
  • Gagne, J. (2009). Do art therapists use the creative process as a means of self-care? Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Unpublished) https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/976293/1/MR63286.pdf
  • Goetzmann, L., Siegel, A., & Ruettner, B. (2019). The connectivity / conversion paradigm - a new approach to the classification of psychosomatic disorders. New Ideas in Psychology, 52, 26–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2018.08.001
  • Guidetti, V., Faedda, N., & Siniatchkin, M. (2016). Migraine in childhood: Biobehavioural or psychosomatic disorder? Journal of Headache and Pain, 17(82), 1–6.
  • Gupta, M. A., & Gupta, A. K. (2006). Medically unexplained cutaneous sensory symptoms may represent somatoform dissociation: An empirical study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60(2), 131–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.061
  • Hopkins, M., & Goss, S. (2013). The compassion fatigue workbook: Creative tools for transforming compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatisation. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 41(3), 341–343. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2013.778011
  • Horesh, D., Hasson-Ohayon, I., & Harwood-Gross, A. (2022). The contagion of psychopathology across different psychiatric disorders: A comparative theoretical analysis. Brain Sciences, 12(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12010067.
  • Howarth, A. (2021). A systematic literature review: Exploring evolving and emerging themes in vicarious trauma research from 1990 to 2021. Australian Counselling Research Journal, 15(2), 1–13. www.acrjournal.com.au.
  • Hyatt-Burkhart, D. (2014). The experience of vicarious posttraumatic growth in mental health workers. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 19(5), 452–461. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2013.797268
  • Ireland, C. A., Chu, S., Ireland, J. L., Hartley, V., Ozanne, R., & Lewis, M. (2021). Extreme stress events in a forensic hospital setting: Prevalence, impact, and protective factors in staff. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 43(5), 418–433.
  • Johnson, H., Worthington, R., Gredecki, N., & Wilks-Riley, F. R. (2016). The relationship between trust in work colleagues, impact of boundary violations and burnout among staff within a forensic psychiatric service. Journal of Forensic Practice, 18(1), 64–75. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-03-2015-0024
  • Jordan, K. (2010). Vicarious trauma: Proposed factors that impact clinicians. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 21(4), 225–237. https://doi.org/10.1080/08975353.2010.529003
  • Kadambi, M. A., & Ennis, L. (2004). Reconsidering vicarious trauma: A review of the literature and its’ limitations. Journal of Trauma Practice, 3(2), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1300/J189v03n02_01
  • Kanno, H., & Giddings, M. M. (2017). Hidden trauma victims: Understanding and preventing traumatic stress in mental health professionals. Social Work in Mental Health, 15(3), 331–353. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2016.1220442
  • Kelty, S. F., & Gordon, H. (2015). No burnout at this coal-face: Managing occupational stress in forensic personnel and the implications for forensic and criminal justice agencies. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 22(2), 273–290. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2014.941092
  • Kim, J., Chesworth, B., Franchino-Olsen, H., & Macy, R. J. (2021). A scoping review of vicarious trauma interventions for service providers working with people who have experienced traumatic events. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 23(5), 1437–1460.
  • Kindy, D., Petersen, S., & Parkhurst, D. (2005). Perilous work: Nurses’ experiences in psychiatric units with high risks of assault. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 19(4), 169–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2005.05.002
  • Knight, C. (2013). Indirect trauma: Implications for self-care, supervision, the organization, and the academic institution. The Clinical Supervisor, 32(2), 224–243. https://doi.org/10.1080/07325223.2013.850139
  • Landis, E. M. (2010). Sharevision: A collaborative-reflective expressive arts intervention to address secondary trauma. PhD. Lesley University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
  • Langdon, P. E., Yágüez, L., & Kuipers, E. (2007). Staff working with people who have intellectual disabilities within secure hospitals. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 11(4), 343–357. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744629507083584
  • Levine, P. (2010). Healing trauma: A pioneering program for restoring the wisdom of your body. Read How You Want.
  • Levine, P., & Frederick, A. (1997). Waking the tiger: Healing trauma. North Atlantic Books.
  • Loewenstein. (2018). The Trauma Model (TM).
  • Long, S. (2020). Supervisors’ perception of vicarious trauma and growth in australian refugee trauma counsellors. Australian Social Work, 73(1), 105–117. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2018.1501587
  • Mcniff, S. (2011). Art heals: How creativity cures the soul. Shambala Publications.
  • Mirabile, S. P., Oertwig, D., & Halberstadt, A. G. (2018). Parent emotion socialization and children’s socioemotional adjustment: When is supportiveness no longer supportive? Social Development, 27(3), 466–481. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12226
  • Misery, L., Dutray, S., Chastaing, M., Schollhammer, M., Consoli, S. G., & Consoli, S. M. (2018). Psychogenic itch. Translational Psychiatry, 8(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-018-0097-7.
  • Mullen, P. E. (2000). Forensic mental health. British Journal of Psychiatry, 176(4), 307–311. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.176.4.307
  • Murphy, P. S. (1994). The contribution of art therapy to the dissociative disorders. Art Therapy, 11(1), 43–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.1994.10759042
  • Nash, G. (2020). Response art in art therapy practice and research with a focus on reflect piece imagery. International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape, 25(1), 39–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2019.1697307
  • NHS. (2020). Dissociative disorders. [online]. Retrieved July 31, 2022, from https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/dissociative-disorders/
  • Nicholson, R. A., Houle, T. T., Rhudy, J. L., & Norton, P. J. (2008). Psychological risk factors in headache. Headache, 47(3), 413–426.
  • Nikčević, A. V., Kramolisova-Advani, J., & Spada, M. M. (2007). Early Childhood experiences and current emotional distress: What do they tell us about aspiring psychologists? The Journal of Psychology, 141(1), 25–34. https://doi.org/10.3200/JRLP.141.1.25-34
  • Odenweller, K. G., Booth-Butterfield, M., & Weber, K. (2014). Investigating helicopter parenting, family environments, and relational outcomes for millennials. Communication Studies, 65(4), 407–425. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2013.811434
  • Ortner, D. E. (2022a). Messy, loud and bright [Mixed media]. [online].
  • Ortner, D. E. (2022b). First time on a psych ward [Watercolour on paper]. [online].
  • Ortner, D. E. (2022c). Symptoms [Pen and watercolour on paper]. [online].
  • Ortner, D. E. (2022d). Headache [Digital collage]. [online].
  • Ortner, D. E. (2022e). Exploring movement [Oil pastel and pen on paper]. [online].
  • Ortner, D. E. (2022f). Breezy dance [Oil pastel and watercolour on paper]. [online].
  • Ozturk, E., Erdogan, B., & Derin, G. (2021). Psychotraumatology and dissociation: A theoretical and clinical approach. Medicine Science International Medical Journal, 10(1), 246–254. https://doi.org/10.5455/medscience.2021.02.041.
  • Paidi, G., Jean, M., Oduwole, A., Gautam, N., Kapoor, K., & Paidi, R. (2022). Chronic Unexplained vomiting: A case report on psychogenic vomiting. Cureus.
  • Palmer, A. E. (2015). The lived experience of dance/ movement therapists working with patients with eating disorders. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 37(2), 113–134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-015-9198-5
  • Paver, S. (2023). Self-witnessing as self-care: An artistic inquiry of a dance movement psychotherapy trainee preparing for clinical work. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 19(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/17432979.2023.2223602.
  • Payne, H. (2009). Pilot study to evaluate dance movement psychotherapy (the bodymind approach) in patients with medically unexplained symptoms: Participant and facilitator perceptions and a summary discussion. Body, movement and dance in Psychotherapy, 4(2), 77–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/17432970902918008
  • Pearlman, L., & Saakvitne, K. (1995). Treating therapists with vicarious traumatization and secondary traumatic stress disorders. In C. Figley (Ed.), Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized (pp. 150–162). Routledge.
  • Pierce, L. (2014). The integrative power of dance/movement therapy: Implications for the treatment of dissociation and developmental trauma. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41(1), 7–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2013.10.002
  • Pirelli, G., Formon, D. L., & Maloney, K. (2020). Preventing vicarious trauma (VT), compassion fatigue (CF), and burnout (BO) in forensic mental health: Forensic psychology as exemplar. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 51(5), 454–466. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000293
  • Pistorius, K. D., Feinauer, L. L., Harper, J. M., Stahmann, R. F., & Miller, R. B. (2008). Working with sexually abused children. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 36(3), 181–195. https://doi.org/10.1080/01926180701291204
  • Poulos, C. N. (2021). Essentials of autoethnography. American Psychological Association.
  • Reddon, A., Tommaso, R., and Reader, S. (2021). Submission signals in animal groups. [online]. Behaviour, 159(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10125.
  • Roth, A. (2018). Caring for the whole clinician: A body-based framework for self-care and supervision. Creative Arts Therapies Theses. https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/theses_dmt/115
  • Sagan, O. (2019). Art-making and its interface with dissociative identity disorder: no words that didn’t fit. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 14(1), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15401383.2018.1499062
  • Schlote, S. (2023). History of the term ‘appeasement’: A response to Bailey et al. (2023). [online]. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2183005.
  • Schore, A. N. (2009). Relational trauma and the developing right brain: An interface of psychoanalytic self psychology and neuroscience. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1159(1), 189–203. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04474.x
  • Shamai, M., & Ron, P. (2009). Helping direct and indirect victims of national terror: Experiences of Israeli social workers. Qualitative Health Research, 19(1), 42–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732308327350
  • Shaw, K. R. (2013). Creative activities as a means of self-care. The Chicago School of Professional Psychology ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. Available from: 3533487.
  • Sigal, N. and ROB. (2021). Dual perspectives on art therapy and EMDR for the treatment of complex childhood trauma. International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape, 26(1–2), 37–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2021.1906288
  • Sinason, V. (2011). Trauma, dissociation and multiplicity: Working on identity and selves (1st ed). Taylor and Francis Group.
  • Skovholt, T. M., Grier, T. L., & Hanson, M. R. (2001). Career Counseling for Longevity: Self-Care and burnout prevention strategies for counselor resilience. Journal of Career Development, 27(3), 167–176.
  • Slattery, P. (2001). The educational researcher as artist working within. Qualitative Inquiry, 7(3), 370–398. https://doi.org/10.1177/107780040100700307
  • Springham, N., & Huet, V. (2020). Facing our shadows: Understanding harm in the arts therapies. International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape, 25(1), 5–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2020.1719168
  • Stanton-Jones, K. (2016). Dance movement therapy: Theory, research, and practice. Routledge.
  • Steele, K., Boon, S., & Van Der Hart, O. (2016). Treating-trauma related dissociation: A practical integrative approach. W. W. Norton & Company.
  • Stonnington, C., Driver-Dunckley, E., Noe, K. H., & Locke, D. (2022). Conversion and somatic symptom disorders. [online]. BMJ Publishing. Retrieved July 30, 2022, from https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/989
  • Swaby, H. (2020). Learning to “live upside down”: Experiencing the true and false self in psychotherapy training. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 18(2), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppi.1531.
  • Tantia, J. F. (2013). Mindfulness and dance/movement therapy for treating trauma. Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies, 96–107.
  • Tedeschi, R. G., & Calhoun, L. G. (2004). Posttraumatic growth: Conceptual foundations and empirical evidence. Psychological Inquiry.
  • Terrell, S. N. (2016). Self-care practices for dance/movement therapy student interns: A multifaceted toolbox. Creative Arts Therapies Theses. 79. https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/theses_dmt/79Terrell
  • Torres Viedma, A. (2022). Common ground.
  • Torres Viedma, A. and Rojas, J. (2022). From the SUR.
  • Van Der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: Mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma. Penguin.
  • Van Der Vennet, R. (2002). A study of mental health workers in an art therapy group to reduce secondary trauma and burnout. Cappella University.
  • Venable, V. L., Carlson, C. R., & Wilson, J. (2001). The role of anger and depression in recurrent Headache. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 41(1), 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.111006021.x
  • Walker, P. (2003). Codependency, trauma and the fawn response. [online]. Retrieved July 19, 2022, from https://www.pete-walker.com/pdf/CodependencyTraumaFawnResponse.pdf
  • Walker, P. (2013). Complex PTSD: From surviving to thriving. Azure Coyote Publishing.
  • Watkins, C. E. (2011). The real relationship in psychotherapy supervision. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 65(2), 99–116. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2011.65.2.99
  • Willis, G. M., Prescott, D. S., & Levenson, J. S. (2018). Promoting therapist longevity: Exploring sexual offending treatment providers’ experiences of workplace support. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 24(3), 311–325. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2018.1528794
  • Winnicott, D. W. (1993). Clinical varieties of transference. In Through pediatrics to psycho-analysis (pp. 295–299). Basic Books.
  • Winnicott, D. W. (2016). Psycho-somatic illness in its positive and negative aspects. In The collected works of D. W. Winnicott (pp. 67–78). Oxford University Press.
  • Yerushalmi, H. (2001). Self-states and personal growth in analysis. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 37(3), 471–488. https://doi.org/10.1080/00107530.2001.10747091
  • Zingela, Z., Stroud, L., Cronie, J., Fink, M., and Van Wyk, S. (2022). The psychological and subjective experience of catatonia: A qualitative study. [online]. BMC Psychology, 10(1), 173. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00885-7.

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.