Art Therapy Research

Donna J. Betts, PhD, ATR-BC, is the Clinical Research Advisor for Creative Forces™: NEA Military Healing Arts Network, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and state and local arts agencies with administrative support provided by Americans for the Arts. Dr. Betts is an adjunct Associate Professor at the George Washington University Graduate Art Therapy Program. From 2015-2017 she was President of the American Art Therapy Association and presently serves on the Research Committee. An award-winning scholar, Dr. Betts has presented internationally on art therapy practice, policy, and research. Sarah P. Deaver, PhD, ATR-BC, HLM, is in private practice at The Psychotherapy Center in Norfolk, VA. She was appointed to the faculty of the Graduate Art Therapy and Counseling Program at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1981, was its Research Director from 1996-2017, and was Professor from 2012-2018. Her clinical and research interests include assessment, visual journaling, and trauma informed art therapy. Dr. Deaver has been active in the American Art Therapy Association (AATA) in numerous capacities and was its President from 2013-2015. In 2014, the AATA recognized her as Distinguished Educator, and she was granted Honorary Life Membership in 2017.

About the Authors Contributors Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction to Art Therapy Research Chapter 2: Ethics and Oversight in Art Therapy Research Chapter 3: Quantitative Research Methods in Art Therapy Chapter 4: Qualitative Research Methods in Art Therapy (Theresa Van Lith) Chapter 5: Arts-Based Research in Art Therapy (Jordan Potash) Chapter 6: Mixed Methods Research in Art Therapy Chapter 7: Assessment Research in Art Therapy Chapter 8: Designing and Executing an Art Therapy Research Study Appendices: Supplemental Materials Glossary