Creative collaboration: Learn about the power of music and art therapy in a group context
Tracks
Stream 3
Stream 4
| Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
| 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM |
| Rooms 3&4 |
Speaker
Ms Emma Fitzgerald
Art Therapist
Come As You Art
Creative collaboration: Learn about the power of music and art therapy in a group context
Biography
Emma is a trauma informed Art Therapist, residing and working on Gadigal land. She has extensive experience in both acute inpatient hospital settings, outpatient youth organizations, and government services. Emma’s approach is characterized by authenticity, curiosity, and openness, which she believes are essential in facilitating a healing space through art making.
Mrs Jenna Murphy
Music Therapist
Montefiore
Creative Collaboration: Learn about the power of Music and Art Therapy in a Group Context.
Abstract Overview
This masterclass will discuss the use of dual modalities (music and art therapy) in a variety of contexts, including adolescent inpatient mental health, inpatient adult mental health rehabilitation and an at-risk youth organization. We have found that this creative and diverse approach strengthens consumers capacity to explore feelings and experiences, that are often difficult to process.
There is limited research that suggests combining creative modalities to be both beneficial and engaging for participants in therapeutic group work (Colbert and Bent, 2017). The combination of two creative therapies and two therapists offers opportunity for deeper creative exploration and rapport building (Hanvey and Temper-Lewis, 2019). Over time, my colleague and I have explored and expanded our collaborative practice to achieve more active
engagement and higher attendance, which can often be challenging with the above-mentioned populations (Roberts et al., 2022; Davies et al., 2013).
Methods - The workshop will first demonstrate several interventions through case studies across the above-mentioned populations. Participants will then be invited to engage in an active group learning experience, followed by reflection and a therapeutic debrief. By offering
a diverse range of materials and methods in a safe therapeutic space, participants can gain a deeper sense of how this might be experienced by their clients.
Structure
30 minutes
- Brief introduction on how we met, our backgrounds and how our interest in collaboration evolved.
- Explore examples of case studies from our collaborative practice.
- Discuss the challenges and benefits of using dual modalities
30 minutes
- Practical experience of an intervention.
15 minutes
- Debrief and discussion
15 minutes
- Q&A
References
Colbert, T., & Bent, C. (Eds.). (2017). Working Across Modalities in the Arts Therapies: Creative Collaborations (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315559889
Hanvey C., Tepper-Lewis C. Co-leading for community building: A program description of a dualmodality creative arts therapy group in psychiatric emergency care. Arts Psychother. 2019; 66:101581. doi: 10.1016/j.aip.2019.101581
Roberts, M., Jones, J., Garcia, L., & Techau, A. (2022). Adolescents' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to engaging in mental health treatment: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc, 35(2), 113–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12354
Davies, R. L., Heslop, P., Onyett, S., & Soteriou, T. (2013). Effective support for those who are
“hard to engage”: a qualitative user-led study. Journal of Mental Health, 23(2), 62–66.
https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2013.84186
There is limited research that suggests combining creative modalities to be both beneficial and engaging for participants in therapeutic group work (Colbert and Bent, 2017). The combination of two creative therapies and two therapists offers opportunity for deeper creative exploration and rapport building (Hanvey and Temper-Lewis, 2019). Over time, my colleague and I have explored and expanded our collaborative practice to achieve more active
engagement and higher attendance, which can often be challenging with the above-mentioned populations (Roberts et al., 2022; Davies et al., 2013).
Methods - The workshop will first demonstrate several interventions through case studies across the above-mentioned populations. Participants will then be invited to engage in an active group learning experience, followed by reflection and a therapeutic debrief. By offering
a diverse range of materials and methods in a safe therapeutic space, participants can gain a deeper sense of how this might be experienced by their clients.
Structure
30 minutes
- Brief introduction on how we met, our backgrounds and how our interest in collaboration evolved.
- Explore examples of case studies from our collaborative practice.
- Discuss the challenges and benefits of using dual modalities
30 minutes
- Practical experience of an intervention.
15 minutes
- Debrief and discussion
15 minutes
- Q&A
References
Colbert, T., & Bent, C. (Eds.). (2017). Working Across Modalities in the Arts Therapies: Creative Collaborations (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315559889
Hanvey C., Tepper-Lewis C. Co-leading for community building: A program description of a dualmodality creative arts therapy group in psychiatric emergency care. Arts Psychother. 2019; 66:101581. doi: 10.1016/j.aip.2019.101581
Roberts, M., Jones, J., Garcia, L., & Techau, A. (2022). Adolescents' perceptions of barriers and facilitators to engaging in mental health treatment: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc, 35(2), 113–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12354
Davies, R. L., Heslop, P., Onyett, S., & Soteriou, T. (2013). Effective support for those who are
“hard to engage”: a qualitative user-led study. Journal of Mental Health, 23(2), 62–66.
https://doi.org/10.3109/09638237.2013.84186
Biography
Jenna is a resource orientated Music Therapist, residing and working on Gadigal land. She has extensive experience in acute inpatient hospital settings, outpatient youth organizations and aged care. Jenna’s aims to use music to promote positive social connection, creative exploration and emotional release. Jenna comes from a performance and song writing background, which is a core part of her therapeutic approach.
