What is it about?
This single-case study investigated the responses to psychodynamic art psychotherapy from a man who had a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder and ongoing aggressive behaviour in a secure care setting. The intervention was 19 sessions of psychodynamic art psychotherapy lasting up to one hour per week.
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Why is it important?
This single-case study has indicated the wider potential for the development, research, and application of art psychotherapy. Applying creative approaches within psychotherapy may be particularly relevant to some patients in secure care who might benefit from the inclusion of artwork to make it accessible.
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Using an evidence-based approach in single-case designs in psychotherapy research can be a really helpful way to look more closely at what happens in the therapy and the client’s responses to it. I hope that this paper provides a useful example of how mixed-methods approaches in single-case designs can be used successfully.
Simon Hackett
Newcastle University
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This page is a summary of: Psychodynamic art psychotherapy for the treatment of aggression in an individual with antisocial personality disorder in a secure forensic hospital: A single-case design study., Psychotherapy, June 2019, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/pst0000232.
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