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Below is a small and growing collection of articles about Art Therapy in museum and gallery settings and related topics.  Clicking on the titles below will bring you to the PDF in a new window.  This is not an exhaustive collection so please email us with other useful references we can add them to the site.  Thank you!<\/p>\n

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Bibliography<\/a> – will open a PDF document with a list of books and journal articles we found helpful.<\/p>\n

NWFED wellbeing research resources<\/a><\/p>\n

American Alliance of Museums, Museums on Call – How Museums are Addressing Health Issues<\/a><\/p>\n

Allied Health Professions into Action: Art Therapy in cultural spaces<\/a><\/p>\n

Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing<\/a><\/p>\n

Creative and Cultural Activities and Wellbeing in Later Life<\/a><\/p>\n

Glossary of health terms for museums<\/a><\/p>\n

Museums for Wellbeing: What role can museums play? <\/a>in Museum Practice<\/em><\/p>\n

Calm and collected Museums and galleries: the UK\u2019s untapped wellbeing resource?<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaplan, S., Bardwell, L. V., and Slakter, D. B. (1993). The MUSEUM as a restorative environment. Environ. Behav.<\/i> 25, 725\u2013742. doi: 10.1177\/0013916593256004<\/p>\n

Debra Linesch (2004), Art therapy at the museum of tolerance: responses to the life and work of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis<\/a>,The Arts in Psychotherapy, 31, 57\u201366<\/p>\n

David Shaer, Kirstie Beaven, Neil Springham, Silke Pillinger, Alan Cork, Jane Brew, Yvonne Forshaw, Pauline Moody & Chris \u2018S.\u2019<\/span> (2008)<\/span> The role of art therapy in a pilot for art-based Information Prescriptions at Tate Britain,<\/span> International Journal of Art Therapy,<\/span> 13:1,<\/span> 25-33,<\/span> DOI: <\/span><\/a>10.1080\/17454830802069877<\/a><\/p>\n

Zhvitiashvili, Nana, Developing “museum therapy”, Newsbriefing Spring\/Summer 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Marxen, E. (2009). Therapeutic thinking in contemporary art or psychotherapy in the arts. Arts Psychother.<\/i> 36, 131\u2013139. doi: 10.1016\/j.aip.2008.10.004<\/p>\n

Huet, V. (2011),<\/span> Art therapy-based organisational consultancy: a session at Tate Britain,<\/span> International Journal of Art Therapy,<\/span> 16:1,<\/span> 3-13,<\/span> DOI: <\/span><\/a>10.1080\/17454832.2011.575382<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomson, L.J., Ander, E.E., Menon, U., Lanceley, A. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2011). Evaluating the therapeutic effects of museum object handling with hospital patients: A review and initial trial of wellbeing measures. Journal of Applied Arts and Health,<\/em> 2(1), 37\u201356. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1386\/jaah.2.1.37_1<\/a><\/p>\n

Ander, E.E., Thomson, L.J., Lanceley, A., Menon, U., Noble, G. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2011). Generic Wellbeing Outcomes: Towards a conceptual framework for wellbeing outcomes in museums. Museum Management and Curatorship,<\/em> 26(3), 237\u2013259. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/09647775.2011.585798<\/a><\/p>\n

Betts, D. (2011). The social work of museums. Arts Psychother.<\/i> 38, 215\u2013216. doi: 10.1016\/j.aip.2011.05.001<\/p>\n

Thomson, L.J., Ander, E.E., Menon, U., Lanceley, A. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2012a). Quantitative evidence for wellbeing benefits from a heritage-in-health intervention with hospital patients. International Journal of Art Therapy, <\/em>17(2), 63\u201379. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/17454832.2012.687750<\/a><\/p>\n

Ander, E.E., Thomson, L.J., Lanceley, A., Menon, U., Noble, G. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2012). Heritage, health and wellbeing: Assessing the impact of a heritage focused intervention on health and wellbeing. International Journal of Heritage Studies,<\/em> (19)3, 229\u2013242. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/13527258.2011.6851740<\/a><\/p>\n

Ander, E.E., Thomson, L.J., Blair, K., Lanceley, A., Menon, U. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2013). Using museum objects to improve wellbeing in psychiatric and rehabilitation patients. British Journal of Occupational Psychology<\/em>, 76(5), 208\u2013216. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4276\/030802213X13679275042645<\/a><\/p>\n

Ander, E.E., Thomson, L.J., Noble, G. Lanceley, A., Menon, U. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2013). Heritage, health and wellbeing: Assessing the impact of a heritage focused intervention on health and wellbeing. International Journal of Heritage Studies,<\/em> 19(3), 229\u2013242. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/13527258.2011.651740<\/a><\/p>\n

Camic, P. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2013). Museums and art galleries as partners for public health interventions, <\/a>Perspectives in Public Health,Volume: 133 issue: 1, pp. 66-71, doi.org\/10.1177\/1757913912468523<\/a><\/p>\n

Paddon, H., Thomson, L., Lanceley, A., Menon, U. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2013). Mixed methods evaluation of wellbeing benefits derived from a heritage-in-health intervention with hospital patients. Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice,<\/em> 6(1), 24\u201358. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/17533015.2013.800987<\/a><\/p>\n

Vogelpoel, N., Lewis-Holmes, B., Thomson, L.J. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2013). Touching Heritage: Community health and wellbeing promotion through sustainable and inclusive volunteer programming in the museums\u2019 sector. International Journal of the Inclusive Museum, <\/em>6(1), 109\u2013119. http:\/\/ijz.cgpublisher.com\/product\/pub.177\/prod.256<\/a><\/p>\n

Dodd, J & Jones, C. (2014).Mind body spirit how museums impact health and wellbeing, Leicester: Research Center for Museums and Galleries<\/a><\/p>\n

Ioannides, Elisabeth, New Forms of Interactions, Newsbriefing, June 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomson, L.J. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2014). Assessing well-being outcomes for arts and heritage activities: Development of a Museum Well-being Measures Toolkit. Journal of Applied Arts & Health, <\/em>5(1), 29\u201350. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1386\/jaah.5.1.29_1<\/a><\/p>\n

Froggett, L. & Trustram, M. (2014). Object relations in the museum: a psychosocial perspective, Museum Management and Curatorship, 29:5, 482-497<\/a><\/p>\n

Peacock, K., Hamil, S., & Dumlao, K. (2014). Art therapy access programs. Retrieved from www.brooksmuseum.org\/assets\/2259\/art-therapy-in-museums-memphis.pdf<\/p>\n

Betts, D. J., Potash, J. S., Luke, J. J., & Kelso, M. (2015). An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Museum Management and Curatorship, 30(1), 21-43.<\/p>\n

Chatterjee, H.J. & Camic, P.M. (2015). The health and wellbeing potential of museums and art galleries. Arts & Health: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice<\/em>, 7(3), 183\u2013186. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17533015.2015.1065594<\/a><\/p>\n

Hutchinson, S. Working with Foster Carers in the role of therapist at a local gallery,<\/a> Newsbriefing December 2015<\/a>*<\/p>\n

Thomson, L.J. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2015). Measuring the impact of museum activities on wellbeing: Developing the Museum Wellbeing Measures Toolkit. Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship<\/em>. 30(1), 44\u201362. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/09647775.2015.1008390<\/a><\/p>\n

Morse, N., Thomson, L.J., Brown, Z. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2015). Effects of creative museum outreach sessions on measures of confidence, sociability and well-being for mental health and addiction recovery service-users. Arts & Health: An International Journal of Research, Policy and Practice, <\/em>7(3), 231\u2013246. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/17533015.2015.1061570<\/a><\/p>\n

Solway, R., Thomson, L.J., Camic, P.M. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2015). Museum object handling in older adult mental health inpatient care. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, <\/em>17(4), 201\u2013214.  http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/14623730.2015.1035520<\/a><\/p>\n

Weaving Potential Space and Acculturation : Art Therapy in the Museum<\/a>– This unformatted version is kindly provided by the author.  The published article can be sought here.<\/a>  Salom, A. (2015) \u2018Weaving Potential Space and Acculturation: Art Therapy at the Museum\u2019, Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 6: 1, pp. 47- 62.<\/p>\n

Bennington, R., Backos, A., Harrison, J., Reader, A. E. and Carolan, R. (2016) \u2018Art therapy in
museums: promoting social connectedness and psychological well-being of older adults\u2019, The
Arts in Psychology, 49, pp. 34-43. Available at: http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.aip.2016.05.013<\/p>\n

Camic, P. Baker, E. L. & Tischler, V. (2016). Theorizing How Art Gallery Interventions Impact People With Dementia and Their Caregivers<\/a>, The Gerontologist, Volume 56, Issue 6, pp. 1033\u20131041, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/geront\/gnv063<\/p>\n

Ioannides, E. (2016). Museums as Therapeutic Environments and the Contribution of Art Therapy, Museum International, vol. 68, issue 3-4, 98\u2013109.<\/a> doi: 10.1111\/muse.12125<\/p>\n

Thomson, L.J. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2016). Wellbeing with Objects: Evaluating a museum object-handling intervention for older adults in health care settings. Journal of Applied Gerontology, <\/em>35(3), 349\u2013362. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/0733464814558267<\/a><\/p>\n

Jensen Anita , Stickley Theodore, Edgley Alison. (2016<\/span>)<\/b> The perspectives of people who use mental health services engaging with arts and cultural activities. <\/span>Mental Health and Social Inclusion, <\/span><\/i>20 (3), 180 <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/MHSI-02-2016-0011<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

NHS, Halton, Clinical Commissioning Group, A Cultural Manifesto for Wellbeing, April 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

Art Therapy in Museums – Elisabeth Ioannides talk to Lina Patmali in Museeum, 28 August 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

G. Baddeley, L. Evans, M. Lajeunesse & S. Legari (2017), <\/strong>Body Talk Examining a Collaborative Multiple Visit Program for Visitors with Eating Disorders<\/a>, Journal of Museum Education, 42:4, 345-353<\/p>\n

Coles, A. & Harrison, F. (2017). Tapping into museums for art psychotherapy: an evaluation of a pilot group for young adults<\/a>, International Journal of Ar Therapy: Inscape<\/p>\n

Morse, N. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2017). Museums, health and wellbeing research: Co-developing a new observational method for people with dementia in hospital contexts. Perspectives in Public Health<\/em>, 138(3), 152\u2013159. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1177\/1757913917737588<\/a><\/p>\n

Morse, N., Lockyer, B., Thomson, L.J., Camic, P.M. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2017). Collaboration in Museums and Health Research.<\/em> BMJ Open, 7(2), A1\u2013A14. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjopen-2017-016492.24<\/a><\/p>\n

Pantagoutsou, A., Ioannides, E. & Vaslamatzis, G. (2017). Exploring the Museum’s Images \u2013 Exploring My Image (Exploration des images du mus\u00e9e, exploration de mon image),<\/a> Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, Volume 30, Issue 2: Art Therapy and Visual Culture<\/p>\n

Rochford, J. S. (2017). Art therapy and art Museum education: a visitor-focused collaboration. Art Ther.<\/i> 34, 209\u2013214. doi: 10.1080\/07421656.2017.1383787<\/p>\n

Spraggins Rochford, J. (2017). Art therapy at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: A feminist systems thinking approach to art therapy and museum collaborations. The Journal of Art for Life. 9(2).<\/p>\n

Thaler, L., Drapeau, C. E., Leclerc, J., Lajeunesse, M., Cottier, D., Kahan, E., et al. (2017). An adjunctive, museum-based art therapy experience in the treatment of women with severe eating disorders. Arts Psychother.<\/i> 56, 1\u20136. doi: 10.1016\/j.aip.2017.08.002<\/p>\n

Todd, C., Camic, P.M., Lockyer, B., Thomson, L.J. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2017). Museum-based programmes for socially isolated older adults: Understanding what works. Health & Place<\/em>, 48, 47-55. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.healthplace.2017.08.005<\/a><\/p>\n

Jensen Anita, Stickley Theodore, Torrissen Wenche, Stigmar Kjerstin. (2017) Arts on prescription in Scandinavia: a review of current practice and future possibilities. <\/span>Perspectives in Public Health, <\/span><\/i>137 (5), 268 <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1757913916676853<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Wheatley, D., Bickerton, C. Subjective well-being and engagement in arts, culture and sport. J Cult Econ<\/i> 41, <\/b>23\u201345 (2017). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10824-016-9270-0<\/a><\/p>\n

Desmarais, S., Bedford, L. and Chatterjee, H.J., (2018). Museums as Spaces for Wellbeing: A Second Report from the National Alliance for Museums, Health and Wellbeing <\/a><\/p>\n

Hine, Ellen (2018), Eskenazi initiative provides art therapy for children<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomson, L.J., Lockyer, B., Camic, P.M. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2018). Effects of a museum-based social prescription intervention on quantitative measures of psychological wellbeing in older adults. Perspectives in Public Health,<\/em> 138(1), 28\u201338. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1757913917737563<\/a><\/p>\n

West,J.D. (2018) \u2018Research , Epistemology and the Fee\u2026\u2019 in West, J.D. (ed.) (2018) Art Therapy in Private Practice: Theory, Practice and Research in Changing Contexts<\/i>. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.<\/p>\n

Coles, A., Harrison, F. & Todd, S<\/span> (2019).<\/span> Flexing the frame: therapist experiences of museum-based group art psychotherapy for adults with complex mental health difficulties,<\/span> International Journal of Art Therapy,<\/span> 24:2,<\/span> 56-67,<\/span> DOI: 10.1080\/17454832.2018.1564346<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Allison Henry, Kristina Parker & Stephen Legari<\/span> (2019)<\/span> (Re)collections: Art Therapy Training and Supervision at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ((Re)visiter : formation en art-therapie et supervision au Mus\u00e9e des beaux-arts de Montr\u00e9al),<\/span> Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal,<\/span> 32:1,<\/span> 45-52,<\/span> DOI: 10.1080\/08322473.2019.1601929<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ioannides, E., (2019), Art as a place of co-existence, First published in Newsbriefing, British Association of Art Therapists, Winter, 2019<\/p>\n

David A. Walters<\/span> (2019)<\/span> Art as therapy; museums and galleries as places for psychodynamic art therapy,<\/span> Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy,<\/span> DOI: 10.1080\/21507686.2019.1703773<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

D\u2019Cunha, Nathan M., McKune, Andrew J., Isbel, Stephena, Kellett, Jane, Georgousopoulou, Ekavi N. & Naumovski, Nenad, Psychophysiological Responses in People Living with Dementia after an Art Gallery Intervention: An Exploratory Study, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 549-562, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Golding, V. (2019) \u2018Feminism and the politics of friendship in the activist museum\u2019 in Janes , R.
R. and Sandell, R. (eds) Museum Activism. London: Routledge, pp. 127-136<\/p>\n

Coles, A. & Jury, H. (ed), (2020), Art Therapy in Museums and Galleries: Reframing Practice, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, ISBN: 9781785924118<\/p>\n

Caring – Supporting, how well-being weaves links between Museum and Local Communities? <\/a>Museum Connections Conference 2020, Paris, France (Podcast). Speaking: Ronan Brindley, Manchester Art Gallery; Estelle d’Almeida, Centre Pompidou; Elisabeth Ioannides, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST)<\/p>\n

Allison Henry (2020), Creating meaning from loss: a museum-based group art therapy Program design for adolescents who have lost a caregiver<\/em>,<\/a> A Research Paper in The Department of Creative Arts Therapies,  Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada<\/p>\n

Trauma-Aware Museum Education: Principles and Practices,<\/a> Written by Andrew Palamara, Ronna Tulgan Ostheimer, Stephen Legari, Emily Wiskera, and Laura Evans<\/p>\n

Covid-19: How to deal with change<\/a> \/ How to deal with stress in the post-lockdown period \/ Creative journals \u2013 visual narrative as the art of opening up following confinement in the times of Covid-19, National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens (EMST)<\/p>\n

Museums Embrace Art Therapy Techniques for Unsettled Times,<\/a> The New York Times<\/p>\n

Olivier Beauchet, Thomas Bastien, Mary Mittelman, Yoko Hayashi, Andy Hau Yan Ho (2020), Participatory art-based activity, community-dwelling older adults and changes in health condition: Results from a pre\u2013post intervention, single-arm, prospective and longitudinal study, Maturitas, DOI:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.maturitas.2020.01.006<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomson, L.J., Morse, N., Elsden, E. & Chatterjee, H.J. (2020). Art, nature and mental health: Assessing the biopsychosocial effects of a \u2018creative green prescription\u2019 museum programme involving horticulture, artmaking and collections. Perspectives in Public Health, <\/em>10(11), 1\u20139. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1757913920910443<\/a><\/p>\n

Smallwood, E., Legari, S., & Sheldon, S. (2020). Group Art Therapy for the Psychosocial Dimension of Epilepsy: A Perspective and a Preliminary Mixed-Methods Study. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 54(3), 286-323. Retrieved from https:\/\/cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca\/article\/view\/69559<\/a><\/p>\n

Kador, T. & Chatterjee, H. (Ed.). (2020), Object-Based Learning and Well-Being: Exploring Material Connections. London: Routledge. ISBN: 9780429759284.<\/p>\n

Janice Lobban & Dominic Murphy (2020). Military museum collections and art therapy as mental health resources for veterans with PTSD, International Journal of Art Therapy<\/em>, 25:4, 172-182, DOI: 10.1080\/17454832.2020.1845220<\/p>\n

The Baring Foundation (2021). Creatively Minded and Ethnically Diverse <\/a>ISBN: 978-1-906172-53-4<\/span><\/p>\n

Ellie Watson, Ali Coles & Helen Jury<\/span> (2021)<\/span> \u2018A space that worked for them\u2019: museum-based art psychotherapy, power dynamics, social inclusion and autonomy,<\/span> International Journal of Art Therapy,<\/span> <\/em>DOI: 10.1080\/17454832.2020.1866046<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ioannides, E., Pantagoutsou, A. & Jury, H. (2021). Contemporary artworks as transformational objects in art psychotherapy museum groupwork, The Arts in Psychotherapy, <\/em>73, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.aip.2021.101759<\/a><\/p>\n

Mitra Reyhani Ghadim, Lauren Daugherty (Ed.) (2021). Museum-based Art Therapy A Collaborative Effort with Access, Education, and Public Programs. Taylor & Francis Ltd . ISBN: 9780367856533<\/p>\n

Visanich Valerie, Attard Toni. (2021) Towards the social prescription of the arts: The arts in health and social care in Malta. <\/span>Journal of Applied Arts & Health, <\/span><\/i>12 (2), 163 <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1386\/jaah_00065_1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Perkins Rosie, Mason-Bertrand Adele, Tymoszuk Urszula, Spiro Neta, Gee Kate, Williamon Aaron. (2021) Arts engagement supports social connectedness in adulthood: findings from the HEartS Survey. <\/span>BMC Public Health, <\/span><\/i>21 (1) <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12889-021-11233-6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Najma’ Tania Kaczynski, Jon Martyn and Emma Hollanby,’Image, Narrative and Migration’  (Ch 15), in ‘Using Image and Narrative in Therapy for Trauma, Addiction and Recovery’,  James D. West (ed.), Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2021.<\/p>\n

Ho Rainbow T. H.. (2021) Arts engagement trends in the United Kingdom and their mental and social wellbeing implications: HEartS Survey. <\/span>PLOS ONE, <\/span><\/i>16 (3), e0246078 <\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0246078<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Ioannides, E. & Konti, M. (2022). Art based research workshop on response art, Envisage: The CATA Online Magazine<\/em>, Volume 5, Issue 3, Fall 2022. Available online at:  https:\/\/www.canadianarttherapy.org\/envisage\/envisage-fall-2022-ioannides-konti<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Jury, H. & Coles, A. (2022). Art Psychotherapy and Innovation. New Territories, Techniques and Technologies<\/em>. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN 9781787757080<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jury, H. & Coles, A. (2022). New voices for an evolving profession, International Journal of Art Therapy, <\/em>27:2, 45-47, DOI: 10.1080\/17454832.2022.2058749<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wei Z and Zhong C (2022), Museums and art therapy: A bibliometric analysis of the potential of museum art therapy. Front. Psychol<\/em>. 13:1041950. doi: 10.3389\/fpsyg.2022.1041950<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donna, B. & Huet, V. (eds), (2022). Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health : Toward Inspirational Practice<\/em>. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. ISBN: 9781787757226<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine N. Cotter & James O. Pawelski (2022), Art museums as institutions for human flourishing, The Journal of Positive Psychology<\/em>, 17:2, 288-302, DOI: 10.1080\/17439760.2021.2016911<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nuala Morse, L.J. Thomson, E. Elsden, H. Rogers and H.J. Chatterjee (2023), Exploring the potential of creative museum-led activities to support stroke In-patient rehabilitation and wellbeing: A pilot mixed-methods study, Arts & Health,<\/em> VOL. 15, NO. 2, pp. 135\u2013152 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17533015.2022.2032224<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Marian Goodman-Casanova, Ali Coles, Daniel Cuesta-Lozano & Fermin Mayoral-Cleries (2023), It’s all about the journey! An online museum-based recovery-oriented art psychotherapy group, International Journal of Art Therapy, DOI: 10.1080\/17454832.2023.2188410<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julia Baumann, Natasha Biscoe, Karen Burnell, Janice Lobban & Dominic Murphy (2023), Museum-based art therapy and wellbeing programme: experiences of veterans with PTSD, International Journal of Art Therapy, DOI: 10.1080\/17454832.2023.2188409<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New report by UCL researchers links participating in arts and culture to longer, healthier lives<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Konti, M. (ed.) (2023), The Art of Response Art-Based Research on Art Psychotherapy<\/em>, Athens: EM\u03a3\u03a4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tzafi Weinberg & Monica Carpendale (eds.) (2023). Walking With: An Emerging Dialogue with Art Therapists in the Cultural Commons<\/em>. Ontario: Essenze, ISBN\u200f: \u200e1999185560<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREATING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION<\/a> This paper presents a case for how collaboration among the public health, arts and culture, and community development sectors is critical to addressing the issues and conditions that limit health in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert T. Muller, (2023), When Museums can be a space for healing, The Trauma and Mental Health Report, September 20, 2023. Available online at: https:\/\/trauma.blog.yorku.ca\/2023\/09\/when-museums-can-be-a-space-for-healing\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trauma informed practice in Museums with Jackie Armstrong (July, 2023): https:\/\/thinkingmuseum.com\/captivate-podcast\/trauma-informed-practice-in-museums-with-jackie-armstrong\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publication on trauma-informed practice in Museums by Jackie Armstrong: https:\/\/www.jackie-armstrong.com\/publications-and-more <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cotter, K.N., Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, R.M., Silver, S. et al. Emotional Experiences, Well-Being, and Ill-Being During Art Museum Visits: A Latent Class Analysis. J Happiness Stud 25, 24 (2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10902-024-00736-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heller, V. (2024). The Visual Life Story Approach: A Tool for Transformation and Well-Being in Museum Art Therapy With Immigrant Adults (L\u2019approche visuelle du r\u00e9cit de vie\u202f: un outil de transformation et de bien-\u00eatre en art-th\u00e9rapie mus\u00e9ale aupr\u00e8s d\u2019adultes immigrants). Canadian Journal of Art Therapy<\/em>, 37<\/em>(1), 30\u201349. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/26907240.2024.2359751<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alves, I., Sim\u00f5es de Almeida, R., Sim\u00f3 Algado, S., & Marques, A. (2024). Art as atherapeutic medium: the SuperART project. Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 32, e3734.https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1590\/2526-8910.ctoAO287437342<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zhou, J., Lin, Y., Huang, T. (2024). Psychological anxiety intervention for young audiences: effectiveness evaluation of art museums. International Journal of Mental Health Promotion<\/em>, 26(1)<\/em>, 39-49. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.32604\/ijmhp.2023.045203<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ioannides, E. & Konti, M. (ed.) (2024), The Art of Response: Dwelling, Art-Based Research on Art Psychotherapy<\/em>, Athens: EM\u03a3\u03a4. ISBN: 978-618-5507-18-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cotter, K.N., Alpys, A., Rosenberg, J., Rodriguez-Boerwinkle, R.M., & Pawelski, J.O.(2024).The well-being benefits of virtual art galleries: Examining the roles of emotion, immersion, and individual differences. International Journal of Wellbeing, 14<\/em>(2), 3603, 1-22. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5502\/ijw.v14i2.3603<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alves, I., Sim\u00f5es de Almeida, R., Sim\u00f3 Algado, S., & Marques, A. (2024). Art as a therapeutic medium: the SuperART project. Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional, 32<\/em>, e3734. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1590\/2526-8910.ctoAO287437342<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beauchet O, Moret A, Deveault M, Thiboutot C, Parent N, Boyer H and Gal\u00e9ry K (2025) Physician-prescribed museum visit benefits on mental health: results of an experimental study. Front. Med<\/em>. 12:1590145. doi: 10.3389\/fmed.2025.1590145<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ioannides, E., Kannas, D., & Tsironi, M. (2025). Colors & Minds<\/em>: Experiential Artistic Program at \u0395\u039c\u03a3\u03a4 | The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens. Journal of Museum Education<\/em>, 1\u201313. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10598650.2024.2449309<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cort, J. (2025). Therapeutic potentials of people, spaces and collections in museum-based art psychotherapy groups. International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17454832.2025.2597991<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Network of European Museum Organisations. (2025). Art, healing and museums: Exploring art psychotherapy practices with a focus on the No Words programme at the National Gallery of Ireland<\/em> (NEMO Working Group LEM \u2013 The Learning Museum). https:\/\/www.ne-mo.org\/fileadmin\/Dateien\/public\/Publications\/NEMO_Working_Group_LEM-Art__healing_and_museums_2025.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power, N., & Hackett, S. (Eds.). (2025). Art therapy with people with learning disabilities: Authentic voices in clinical practice and research<\/em> (ISBN 9781032396507). Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaidemenaki, L., Stavropoulou, N., & Sakellari, D. (2026). Touching Art, Making Meaning: How Blind and Low-vision Visitors Experience Co-designed Visual Tactile Painting Adaptations in the Municipal Gallery of Athens.\u00a0Journal of Museum Education<\/em>, 1\u201320. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10598650.2026.2714333<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ioannides, E., & Ramadani, K. N. (2026). Art on prescription in Greece: museum-based art psychotherapy at EM\u03a3T | National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens.\u00a0International Journal of Art Therapy<\/em>, 1\u201315. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17454832.2026.2695648 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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