Pulling Out the Thorns: Art Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents

By Terry Pifalo. 2002

102 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Conservation

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Kate Collie
2. C. Malchiodi
3. David Spiegel
4. Amy Backos

In Conservation

1. Kate Collie
2. C. Malchiodi
3. David Spiegel
4. Amy Backos

Citations in the corpus

• Art Therapy for Combat-Related PTSD: Recommendations for Research and Practice (2006, methodology): “Based on these developments, art therapy has been applied to a wide range of types of trauma, including sexual abuse (Backos & Pagon, 1999; Pifalo, 2002; Powell & Faherty, 1990), domestic violence (Malchiodi, 1997), school violence and homicide (Chapman, Morabito, Ladakakos, Schreier, & Knudson, 200”
• Art Therapy with Sexually Abused Children and Adolescents: Extended Research Study (2006, background): “The pilot study provided preliminary empirical evidence that the combined use of art therapy (AT) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) resulted in a reduction of symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Pifalo, 2002).”
• A review of research and methods used to establish art therapy as an effective treatment method for traumatized children (2007, background): “…of art therapy is especially successful when it is used with their youngest clients, because children are more willing to partake in imaginative articulation than adults (Avidar, 1995; Clements, 1996; Davis, 1989; Kozlowska & Hanney, 2001; Pifalo, 2002; Prager, 1995; St. Thomas & Johnson, 2002).”