volume 18, number 1, 2023
Published by The Journal of Creative Arts Therapies, the online and open access publication of ANZACATA.
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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, Marie Shannon
Design and production Vic Segedin
Peer review
The editorial team wishes to thank all the peer reviewers who generously contribute 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:
‘A walk of im/possible snails: A tender tracing of a mother/child ‘us’’ by Ariel Moy.
‘Intra-active identity stories: How a storm, pine-needle basket, waterfall, and satellite entangle and trouble a creative arts therapist’s ecological and professional identity’ by Naomi Pears-Scown.
‘The pact of Zariel Deer and Tarak Hawk: A youth Zoom group journey’ by Marion Gordon-Flower.
‘Working with layers: A heuristic study utilising single-canvas art-making to illuminate personal responses of the therapist’ by Amanda Brown and Maggie Wilson.
Practice paper:
‘Drumming, rhythm and regulation through a polyvagal lens’ by Simon Faulkner.
The following have been double anonymously peer-reviewed by one reviewer:
Reflections and essays:
‘Mandala: Reflecting on my experience of the embodiment of Tibetan Buddhism in the moulding of mato (clay) with women in Nepal and Australia’ by Tricia Ong.
‘Untying knots of emotions with threads: A reflection on the curative powers of memorialisation with yarn’ by Li June Han.
