Acceptance of Anxiety through Art Therapy: A Case Report Exploring How Anthroposophic Art Therapy Addresses Emotion Regulation and Executive Functioning
Joint Authors
Baars, Erik W.
Abbing, A. C.
Van Haastrecht, O.
Ponstein, A. S.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-12-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Anxiety is a major problem for many individuals, causing impairment in daily life.
Art therapy is often deployed and although positive results are communicated in clinical practice, its effectiveness and working mechanisms have hardly been studied.
Therefore, it is important to systematically describe the intervention process and to detect the working mechanisms to be able to evaluate them.
Narrative case studies help to understand the intervention in more depth.
A typical case file was selected for case reporting according to scientific (CARE & CARE-AAT) guidelines, with the aim to explore the therapeutic elements that contributed to the reduction of anxiety.
The report describes the intervention process of a 54-year-old female, suffering from anxiety since childhood and diagnosed with panic disorder, agoraphobia, claustrophobia and hypochondria.
After 14 sessions of anthroposophic art therapy, reduction of anxiety was shown, as well as improvements of emotion regulation and executive functioning.
The client indicated that she became more tolerant and accepting towards her anxiety.
She noted a softened attitude towards herself and her complaints, even one year after art therapy.
The course of treatment suggests that aspects of emotion regulation and executive functioning were addressed through implicit learning processes in different art therapy assignments.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abbing, A. C.& Baars, Erik W.& Van Haastrecht, O.& Ponstein, A. S.. 2019. Acceptance of Anxiety through Art Therapy: A Case Report Exploring How Anthroposophic Art Therapy Addresses Emotion Regulation and Executive Functioning. Case Reports in Psychiatry،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143861
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abbing, A. C.…[et al.]. Acceptance of Anxiety through Art Therapy: A Case Report Exploring How Anthroposophic Art Therapy Addresses Emotion Regulation and Executive Functioning. Case Reports in Psychiatry No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143861
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abbing, A. C.& Baars, Erik W.& Van Haastrecht, O.& Ponstein, A. S.. Acceptance of Anxiety through Art Therapy: A Case Report Exploring How Anthroposophic Art Therapy Addresses Emotion Regulation and Executive Functioning. Case Reports in Psychiatry. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1143861
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1143861