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

Ailsa Parsons; Joanna Omylinska-Thurston; Vicky Karkou; Julianne Harlow; Shelly Haslam; Jessica Hobson; Kerry Nair; Linda Dubrow-Marshall; Scott Thurston; Julia Griffin

doi:10.1080/03069885.2019.1633459

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

Ailsa Parsons, Joanna Omylinska-Thurston, Vicky Karkou, Julianne Harlow, Shelly Haslam, Jessica Hobson, Kerry Nair, Linda Dubrow-Marshall, Scott Thurston, Julia Griffin

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Abstract

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 & Harden, 2008) of active ingredients from both talking therapies and creative approaches. Lastly, we offer an example 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5-20
Number of pages	16
Journal	British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
Volume	48
Issue number	1
Early online date	9 Jul 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2019.1633459
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2020

Keywords

Creative
arts
psychological therapies
psychotherapy
counselling
multimodal
pluralistic
depresion

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

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