ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2018
The Aesthetic Turn in Mental Health: Reflections on an Explorative Study into Practices in the Arts Therapies.
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- Healing potential of art therapy: a narrative review of neuro-psycho-cultural mechanisms in mental health.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Dance Movement Therapy for Clients With a Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Utilizing the arts to improve health, resilience, and well-being (HeRe We ArtsFrontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Feasibility and acceptability of a mixed methods within-subjects comparative design in dance movement therapy for adults with personality disorders.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2026Article
- Recovery through creativity: a study into lived experiences of participants in Dutch arts-based recovery initiatives.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Meeting the multidimensional self: fostering selfhood at the interface of Creative Arts Therapies and neuroscience.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Review
- Covid-19 and Mental Health: Could Visual Art Exposure Help?Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Embodied-Enactive-Interactive Brain: Bridging Neuroscience and Creative Arts Therapies.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Review
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Abstract
The paper will draw on materials from arts therapies literature and comments from experts’ panels to discuss some specific characteristics of the arts therapies and to investigate the role of aesthetic engagement for resilience and mental well-being. The arts increasingly find their way as interventions in mental health domains. However, explorations into the specific mechanisms that underpin the therapeutic effect of arts-based activities are still scarce. Qualitative data were collected from a thematic literature review and expert comments on meaningful working procedures in arts therapies. Analysis of multiple data sources revealed core themes and core procedures that occur across arts therapy modalities. This paper presents a practice informed model of arts-based methods in mental health that may serve as a conceptual frame of reference for arts therapists and as study material on the applicability of arts therapy interventions for specific mental health settings.
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