TY - JOUR
T1 - Arts for the Blues
T2 - The development of a new evidence-based creative group psychotherapy for depression.
AU - Karkou, Vicky
AU - Omylinska-Thurston, Joanna
AU - Parsons, Ailsa
AU - Nair, Kerry
AU - Dubrow-Marshall, Linda
AU - Starkey, Jennifer
AU - Dudley-Swarbrick, Irene
AU - Sharma, Surina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/12/14
Y1 - 2020/12/14
N2 - Introduction: Depression affects many adults in the UK, often resulting in referral to primary care mental health services (e.g. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, IAPT). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the main modality offered in IAPT when clients experience depression, with other approaches offered in a limited capacity. Arts psychotherapies are rarely provided despite their attractiveness to clients. However, the recent drop-out rate of 64% from IAPT suggests clients’ needs are not being fully met. Therefore, in order to expand clients’ choices we developed a new creative psychological therapy integrating evidence-based approaches with arts psychotherapies.Method:A three-level approach to development was used: a)thematic synthesis of client-identified helpful factors in evidence-based approaches for depression and in arts psychotherapies; b)studio practice exploring Cochrane Review findings on arts psychotherapies for depression; c)pilot workshops for clients with depression and therapists.Findings and Discussion:Eight key ingredients for positive therapy outcomes were identified: encouraging active engagement, learning skills, developing relationships, expressing emotions, processing at a deeper level, gaining understanding, experimenting with different ways of being, and integrating useful material. These ingredients were brought together as Arts for the Blues for clients with depression: a 12-session evidence-based pluralistic group psychotherapy that integrates client goals and preferences with creative methods as well as talking therapy.Conclusion:The evidence-based foundation, creative content, and pluralistic nature of this new approach aligned with eight client-identified key ingredients for positive therapy outcomes, make it a promising therapy option that can be adapted to individual therapy. Implications include consideration for NICE approval as an additional therapeutic approach for depression.
AB - Introduction: Depression affects many adults in the UK, often resulting in referral to primary care mental health services (e.g. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, IAPT). Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is the main modality offered in IAPT when clients experience depression, with other approaches offered in a limited capacity. Arts psychotherapies are rarely provided despite their attractiveness to clients. However, the recent drop-out rate of 64% from IAPT suggests clients’ needs are not being fully met. Therefore, in order to expand clients’ choices we developed a new creative psychological therapy integrating evidence-based approaches with arts psychotherapies.Method:A three-level approach to development was used: a)thematic synthesis of client-identified helpful factors in evidence-based approaches for depression and in arts psychotherapies; b)studio practice exploring Cochrane Review findings on arts psychotherapies for depression; c)pilot workshops for clients with depression and therapists.Findings and Discussion:Eight key ingredients for positive therapy outcomes were identified: encouraging active engagement, learning skills, developing relationships, expressing emotions, processing at a deeper level, gaining understanding, experimenting with different ways of being, and integrating useful material. These ingredients were brought together as Arts for the Blues for clients with depression: a 12-session evidence-based pluralistic group psychotherapy that integrates client goals and preferences with creative methods as well as talking therapy.Conclusion:The evidence-based foundation, creative content, and pluralistic nature of this new approach aligned with eight client-identified key ingredients for positive therapy outcomes, make it a promising therapy option that can be adapted to individual therapy. Implications include consideration for NICE approval as an additional therapeutic approach for depression.
KW - arts for the blues
KW - creative methods
KW - psychotherapy
KW - depression
KW - group
KW - pluralistic
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U2 - 10.1002/capr.12373
DO - 10.1002/capr.12373
M3 - Article (journal)
SN - 1473-3145
JO - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
JF - Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
ER -