volume 16, number 1, 2021

Published by The Journal of Creative Arts Therapies, the online and open access publication of ANZACATA.

© 2021. Each work published in JoCAT is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND-4.0 license.

ISSN: 2652-9459

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JoCAT is the open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA). JoCAT is the home of the creative arts therapies research community and is produced with Western Sydney University.

Editorial team

Chief Editor  Sheridan Linnell
Co-Editors  Stacey Bush, Catherine Camden-Pratt, Deborah Green
Arts Editor and Journal Coordinator  Vic Segedin 
Copy Editors / Proofreaders  Anne Gordon, Belinda Nemec, Marie Shannon
Design and production  Vic Segedin

Peer review

The editorial team wishes to thank all the peer reviewers who have generously contributed their time and expertise to this edition of JoCAT. Accepted submissions are reviewed by people well versed and respected in the subject or methodology of the submission.

The following have been double anonymously peer-reviewed by two reviewers:

Articles:
‘Towards creating a description of art therapy for adults with trauma in Australia: A client-centred intervention’ by Henry Bowen et al.
‘Art and dramatherapists together consider a multimodal approach for supporting clients with complex trauma’ by Joanna Jaaniste and Suzanne Perry.
‘Project Memories: A community-based arts project from an art therapy perspective in Singapore’ by Yoko Choi Chi Mei, Roshni Bhatia, Boo Xu Ning, Lee Shulian.
‘Being Queer and Brown: A Queer, decolonial, arts-based, autoethnographic enquiry into art therapy pedagogical institutions and spaces’ by Kirthana Selvaraj.
‘Benefits of a psychiatric hospital outpatient art therapy group’ by Tavis Watt, Michelle Buggy and E. James Kehoe.

Reflection:
‘A trainee art therapist’s reflections on attachment and attunement theories while working with an older adult client living in a residential aged care home’ by Sylvia Marris.
‘Kotodama: Moving beyond language and exploring creative communication through an arts therapeutic journey’ by Ayaka Shima.