Updating art therapy guidelines for people with personality disorders: a consensus review.
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| Title: | Updating art therapy guidelines for people with personality disorders: a consensus review. |
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| Authors: | Bodiš, Peter1,2 (AUTHOR) arttwork@gmail.com, Weightman, Elizabeth1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | International Journal of Art Therapy: Inscape. Dec2025, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p213-220. 8p. |
| Subject Terms: | *Content analysis, *Psychoeducation, *Communication, *Art therapy, *Delphi method, Personality disorder treatment, Medical protocols, Consensus (Social sciences), National health services, CINAHL database, Risk management in business, Systematic reviews, MEDLINE, Thematic analysis, Data analysis software, Medical needs assessment, Psychology information storage & retrieval systems |
| Abstract: | Background: The British Association of Art Therapists has specialist interest groups that focus on specific areas of practice, and the need for a review was identified. The author consulted experts in the field of personality disorder and conducted a review of existing guidelines. Art therapy benefits from professional guidelines to ensure safe and effective practices, provide clarity for therapists and maintain consistency in treatment approaches. These guidelines help uphold ethical standards, protect patients' wellbeing, inform research and promote accountability within the field of art therapy. Aims: This paper aims to review and update the professional consensus guidelines for art therapists working with personality disorder, originally published in 2012. Methods: A literature search identified new themes relevant to current professional practice. The authors employed semi-structured questionnaires and interviews in the adapted Delphi method process. Experts in the field submitted their responses in three rounds of review. Results: Experts in the field indicated that changes were needed to the existing guidelines. The updated guidelines now offer improved clarity regarding practice and more accurately reflect current knowledge in this specific area. Experts reached a consensus on these updated guidelines in the final round of the review process. Conclusions: The experts in the field identified significant changes to the guidelines and agreed on the guidelines' usefulness in enhancing the professional profile and training of student art therapists. Implications for research: The updated guidelines will require periodic review in the future to reflect evolving practices and the understanding of effective and safe treatment of personality disorder. PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Researchers wanted to improve guidelines for using art therapy to treat personality disorder, and collected input from experts in the field through surveys and interviews. By analysing the responses and using a method called the Delphi method, they confirmed changes to the guidelines. The experts agreed on updates to reflect new practices and challenges faced by therapists. They also discussed improvements to supervision and language used in the guidelines. Overall, the experts supported the updated guidelines, believing they would enhance the credibility of art therapy and help therapists in their work with patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Background: The British Association of Art Therapists has specialist interest groups that focus on specific areas of practice, and the need for a review was identified. The author consulted experts in the field of personality disorder and conducted a review of existing guidelines. Art therapy benefits from professional guidelines to ensure safe and effective practices, provide clarity for therapists and maintain consistency in treatment approaches. These guidelines help uphold ethical standards, protect patients' wellbeing, inform research and promote accountability within the field of art therapy. Aims: This paper aims to review and update the professional consensus guidelines for art therapists working with personality disorder, originally published in 2012. Methods: A literature search identified new themes relevant to current professional practice. The authors employed semi-structured questionnaires and interviews in the adapted Delphi method process. Experts in the field submitted their responses in three rounds of review. Results: Experts in the field indicated that changes were needed to the existing guidelines. The updated guidelines now offer improved clarity regarding practice and more accurately reflect current knowledge in this specific area. Experts reached a consensus on these updated guidelines in the final round of the review process. Conclusions: The experts in the field identified significant changes to the guidelines and agreed on the guidelines' usefulness in enhancing the professional profile and training of student art therapists. Implications for research: The updated guidelines will require periodic review in the future to reflect evolving practices and the understanding of effective and safe treatment of personality disorder. PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY: Researchers wanted to improve guidelines for using art therapy to treat personality disorder, and collected input from experts in the field through surveys and interviews. By analysing the responses and using a method called the Delphi method, they confirmed changes to the guidelines. The experts agreed on updates to reflect new practices and challenges faced by therapists. They also discussed improvements to supervision and language used in the guidelines. Overall, the experts supported the updated guidelines, believing they would enhance the credibility of art therapy and help therapists in their work with patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 17454832 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17454832.2024.2362137 |
