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Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

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Critical perspectives on art on prescription programmes

March, 2023

Creating a difference – a role for the arts in addressing child wellbeing in conflict-affected areas

January, 2023

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The impact of remote arts on prescription: Changes in mood, attention and loneliness during art workshops as mechanisms for wellbeing change

January, 2023

Girl in Art Store

The use of “art” as a resource in recovery from the impact of sexual abuse in childhood: A qualitative systematic review

February, 2022

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'You don't take things too seriously or un-seriously’: Beyond recovery to liminal and liminoid possibility in a community arts and mental health project

October, 2021

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Which resources help young people to prevent and overcome mental distress in deprived urban areas in Latin America? A protocol for a prospective cohort study

September, 2021

Music Class

Learning how to learn: The role of music and other expressive arts in responding to Early Leaving from Education and Training (ELET) in the STALWARTS project

October, 2020

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Let the atrocious images haunt us: Encounters with conflict and connection in visual art making

September, 2020

Writing with Pen

Therapeutic writing for disordered eating: A systematic review

May, 2020

Illustrated Map

Tracking momentary experience in the evaluation of arts-on-prescription services

May, 2020

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Parents’ perspectives on their children’s music therapy: A synthesis of qualitative literature

May, 2020

On the Phone

Challenges and joys of using the experience sampling method to examine the impact of the arts on wellbeing

February, 2020

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Reading and writing for well-being: A qualitative exploration of the therapeutic experience of older adult participants in a bibliotherapy and creative writing group

February, 2020

Capoeira Music Instruments

Parents’ perspectives on their child’s music therapy: A qualitative study

January, 2020

Maternal art and post-natal wellbeing: Proximity and separation in Lena Simic’s Contemplation Time (2007-8) and Eti Wade’s Jocasta (2008)

November, 2019

Listening to Music

Two kinds of music therapy: Exploring ‘genre’ in the context of clinical practice

November, 2019

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Cognitive and affective benefits of coloring: Two randomized controlled crossover studies

August, 2019

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The expression of schizotypy in the daily lives of artists

August, 2019

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Music therapy within an integrated project for families exposed to domestic violence: A qualitative study of professionals’ perspectives

November, 2018

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Is poetry therapy an appropriate intervention for clients recovering from anorexia? A critical review of the literature and client report

May, 2018

Artist Painting in Studio

Using the experience-sampling method to examine the psychological mechanisms by which participatory art improves wellbeing

January, 2018

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