Abstract
This paper presents an overview of a combined, evaluated protocol, cognitive behavioural and art therapy treatment (CB-ART), for the treatment of women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). The protocol integrates cognitive behavioural interventions and art therapy. CB-ART focuses on changing distressing image, symptom or memory (ISM) that interferes with functioning. The method directs clients to identify compositional elements that characterize their stressful ISM and to alter the element in their imagination, in bodily sensations and on the page. Examples are provided to illustrate the therapeutic process.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
References
Bandler R (1985) Using your brain for a change. Real People, Moab
Beck CT (2008) State of the science on postpartum depression: what nurse researchers have contributed—part 2. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 33(3):151–156
Czamanski-Cohen J, Sarid O, Huss E, Ifergane A, Niego L, Cwikel J (2014) CB-ART—the use of a hybrid cognitive behavioral and art based protocol for treating pain and symptoms accompanying coping with chronic illness. The Arts in Psychotherapy 41:320–328
Davis M, Eshelman ER, McKay M (1988) The relaxation and stress reduction workbook. New Harbinger, Oakland
Fitelson E, Kim S, Baker AS, Leight K (2010) Treatment of postpartum depression: clinical, psychological and pharmacological options. Int J Womens Health 3:1–14
Glasser S (2010) Postpartum depression: a chronicle of health policy development. Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 47(4):254–9
Huss E, Sarid O (2014) Visually transforming artwork and guided imagery as a way to reduce work related stress—a quantitative pilot study. The Arts in Psychotherapy 41(4):409–412
Logsdon, M. C., Wisner, K. L., & Pinto‐Foltz, M. D. (2006). The impact of postpartum depression on mothering. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 35(5):652–658
Rubin J (2001) Approaches to art therapy. Philadelphia: Brunner and Maze Psychotherapy 37(1):8–1
Sarid O, Huss E (2009) Trauma and acute stress disorder: a comparison between cognitive behavioral intervention and art therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy 37:8–12
Sarid O, Huss E (2011) Image formation and image transformation. The Arts in Psychotherapy 38(4):252–255
Wolpe J (1969) The practice of behavior therapy. Pergamon, New York
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Appendix
Appendix
Compositional elements (adapted from Bandler 1985)
An ISM can be described visually using shape of objects, number of objects, location on the page or in the body, colour including black and white, size (big/small), degree of brightness/darkness, blinking/steady in place, near/far away, till/moving picture, framed or without a frame and focused or fuzzy.
An ISM can relate to sensations that one feels in the body including texture, pressure, temperature, size, intensity of sensation, still/moving, pulsing/throbbing and constant/intermittent.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Sarid, O., Cwikel, J., Czamanski-Cohen, J. et al. Treating women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) with a hybrid cognitive behavioural and art therapy treatment (CB-ART). Arch Womens Ment Health 20, 229–231 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-016-0668-7
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-016-0668-7