Category: Publications
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New publication – Bringing creative psychotherapies to primary NHS mental health services in the UK
Bringing creative psychotherapies to primary NHS Mental Health Services in the UK: A feasibility study on patient and staff experiences of arts for the blues workshops delivered at Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services. Download our most recent article which discusses a feasibility study undertaken with patients and staff in an IAPT (Improving Access…
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Impact of Dance Movement Psychotherapy on the Wellbeing of Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Aithal S, Karkou V, Makris S, Karaminis T and Powell J (2021) Impact of Dance Movement Psychotherapy on the Wellbeing of Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Public Health. (IF 2.427).
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Qualitative and Arts-Based Evidence from Children Participating in a Pilot Randomised Controlled Study of School-Based Arts Therapies
Moula, Z., Powell, J., & Karkou, V. (2022). Qualitative and Arts-Based Evidence from Children Participating in a Pilot Randomised Controlled Study of School-Based Arts Therapies. Children, 9(6), 890. (IF 3.071) Read the full article here.
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Frontiers in Psychology
Moula Z, Powell J, Brocklehurst S and Karkou V (2022). Feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of school-based dance movement psychotherapy for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties, Frontiers in Psychology. (IF 2.99) Read the full article.
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Arts for the Blues – a new creative psychological therapy for depression – pilot study
Haslam, S., Parsons, A.S., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Nair, K., Harlow, J., Lewis, J., Dubrow- Marshall, L., Thurston, S., Griffin, J., Karkou, V. (2019) Arts for the Blues – a new creative psychological therapy for depression – pilot study. Perspectives in Public Health. Read the full article here.
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Arts for the Blues – a new creative psychological therapy for depression
Parsons, A. S., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Karkou, V., Harlow, J., Haslam, S., Hobson, J., Nair, K., Dubrow-Marshall, L., Thurston, S. and Griffin, J. (2019). Arts for the Blues – a new creative psychological therapy for depression. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. Read the full article here.
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The Arts in Psychotherapy
Parsons, A., Turner, R., Ingleton, H., Kefalogianni, M., Dubrow- Marshall, L., Omylinska-Thurston, J.,Karkou, V., Thurston, S. (2020) Flowing towards freedom with multimodal creative therapy: The healing power of therapeutic arts for ex cult-members. The Arts in Psychotherapy. Read the full article here.
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Arts for the Blues: The development of a new evidence-based creative group psychotherapy for depression
Omylinska-Thurston, J., Karkou, V., Parsons, A.S., Nair, K., Haslam, S., Dubrow-Marshall, L., Lewis, J., Thurston, S. (2020). The development of Arts for the Blues – the new creative therapy for depression. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. (IF 0.50) Read the full article here.
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Journal of Applied Arts and Health
Thurston S, Griffin, J, Davismoon S, Omylinska-Thurston J and Karkou V (2022). Dancing the Blues: An interdisciplinary collaboration between artists and therapists, Journal of Applied Arts and Health. Read the full article.
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Scaling Up report
Scaling up report with foreword from Dr Nils Fietje, WHO Arts and health: Karkou V, Omylinska-Thurston J, Thurston S. Clark B, Perris E. Kaehne A and Pearson M (2023) Scaling up place-based arts initiatives that support mental health and wellbeing Research-informed strategic commitments and recommendations using the Arts for the Blues as a case example.…