A5033656329- Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Music Therapy and Health
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Diversity and Impact of Dance
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Child Therapy and Development
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Flow Experience in Various Fields
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Counseling Practices and Supervision
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Theatre and Performance Studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Family Support in Illness
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
2019-2024
University of Salford
2020-2024
Mental Health Foundation
2019-2022
Edge Hill University
2021
University of Strathclyde
2013
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust
2013
Background: Women's health has received renewed attention in the last few years including rehabilitation options for women affected by breast cancer. Dancing often been regarded as one attractive option supporting women's well-being and health, but research with recovering from cancer is still its infancy. Health multi-site pilot study that aimed to evaluate a dance programme recovery across five European countries. Methods: A standardized 32 h protocol introduced range of Latin American...
Place-based arts initiatives are regarded as rooted in local need and having capacity to engage assets. However, many place-based remain poorly funded short-lived, receiving little attention on how scale up sustain their activities. In this study we make a unique contribution knowledge about scaling that support mental health wellbeing through focusing the example of ‘Arts for Blues’, an arts-based psychological group intervention designed reduce depression improve amongst primary care...
Abstract Aim/Purpose Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPT) is a main provider of therapy for adults within the NHS. NHS Digital (2016) reported dropout rate in IAPT be as high 43%. Proctor (2014) found that unhelpful factors could contribute rate. As CBT modality IAPT, it important explore they might contributing IAPT. Design/Methodology Nine clients (five men and four women) whom was not helpful were interviewed using semi‐structured protocol. The interviews analysed thematic...
Routinely prescribed psychological therapies for depression are not always effective. Arts therapies, particularly Dance Movement Psychotherapy, may offer additional therapeutic mechanisms depression. Therefore, client-reported helpful factors from various therapy types, along with client preferences, key in devising new interventions. We present a framework pluralistic "meta-approach" of depression, based on an interdisciplinary thematic synthesis (Thomas, J., & Harden, A. (2008). Methods...
Research over the last decade has identified both strengths and limitations in use of routinely prescribed psychological therapies for depression. More recently, a focus on how creative art 'arts prescription' are developing growing recognition their potential additional therapeutic mechanisms depression.In an attempt to develop new intervention depression, this research aligned evidence base surrounding arts prescription movement, collating these with client-reported helpful factors...
Abstract Introduction Depression affects many adults in the UK, often resulting referral to primary care mental health services (e.g. improving access psychological therapies, IAPT). CBT is main modality for depression within IAPT, with other approaches offered a limited capacity. Arts psychotherapies are rarely provided despite their attractiveness clients. However, recent dropout rate of 64% IAPT suggests that clients’ needs not being fully met. Therefore, order expand choice we developed...
Aims : The purpose of this study was to identify what patients with primary cancers found helpful in therapy. Method In‐depth qualitative interviews were conducted eight who had completed a course psychological therapy within an NHS psychology service for cancer patients. Data analysed using thematic analysis. Results participants identified range processes therapy: talking and expressing their feelings someone outside the family; forming relationship therapist; normalisation through...
Abstract There have been several arguments for the need to generate evidence‐based creative forms of psychological interventions in Improving Access Psychological Services (IAPT), main primary mental health provider hospitals England, UK. In this feasibility study, we sought identify helpful and unhelpful factors a new group psychotherapy, titled Arts Blues. We also wanted find out whether research tools used were acceptable sensitive. therefore engaged seven patients attending an IAPT...
Abstract The aim of this study was to examine cross-cultural differences, as operationalized by Schwartz's refined theory basic values, in burnout levels among psychotherapists from 12 European countries during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We focused on multilevel approach investigate if individual- and country-aggregated level values could explain differences intensity after controlling for sociodemographic, work-related characteristics COVID-19-related distress...
Psychological flow can be experienced in various occupational, recreational and creative domains may confer increased well-being. Yet, very few studies have examined as a potential feature of arts therapies – particularly which prioritise embodied/enactive processes. This study tested the acute effects 90-minute workshop (Arts for Blues; A4B) on participants' (N = 18) mood personal goal attainment. was measured, participants rated importance relation to A4B's psychotherapeutic aims. Results...
Background and research aims The researcher’s aim was to find out from person-centred practitioners how they process their inner experiences in the therapeutic relationship. From a theoretical standpoint, it meant creating framework of processes stages within congruence. Methodology Seven therapists were interviewed with regard processed used strong feeling, thought or sensation that experienced client. Data gathered using semistructured interviews. Grounded Theory Approach analyse data....
Background There is growing evidence that the arts and arts-based therapies can support wellbeing of healthcare workers. However, there are few large trials, limiting use such in routine practice.
<sec> <title>UNSTRUCTURED</title> Depression affects 5% of adults and it is a major cause disability worldwide. Digital psychotherapies offer an accessible solution addressing this issue. This systematic review examines spectrum digital for depression, considering both their effectiveness user perspectives. focuses on identifying (1) the most common types psychotherapies, (2) clients’ practitioners’ perspectives helpful unhelpful aspects, (3) with depression. A mixed methods protocol was...
The aim of this study is to examine the amount total variance subjective well-being (SWB) psychotherapists from 12 European countries explained by between-country vs. between-person differences regarding its cognitive (life satisfaction) and affective components (positive affect [PA] negative [NA]). Second, we explored a link between SWB their personal (self-efficacy) social resources (social support) after controlling for sociodemographics, work characteristics, COVID-19-related distress.In...
Creative practice differs widely across the contexts of artistic performance and therapy. In this article authors describe a novel example how otherwise separate fields choreographic practices dance movement psychotherapy (DMP) have fed into each other. More specifically, outlines (1) research effectiveness DMP for depression has been used to create an interdisciplinary (2) creative process informed development therapeutic work. The was originally intended disseminate quantitative findings...
Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to examine cross-cultural differences, as operationalized by Schwartz's refined theory basic values, in burnout levels among psychotherapists from 12 European countries during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. We focused on multilevel approach investigate if individual- and country-aggregated level values could explain differences intensity after controlling for sociodemographic work-related characteristics COVID-19-related distress...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Depression affects 5% of adults and it is a major cause disability worldwide. Digital psychotherapies offer an accessible solution addressing this issue. This systematic review examines spectrum digital for depression, considering both their effectiveness user perspectives. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> focuses on identifying (1) the most common types psychotherapies, (2) clients’ practitioners’ perspectives helpful unhelpful aspects, (3) with depression....