volume 21, number 1, 2026

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Publication date: 2026
ISSN: 2652-9459
Editors: A/Prof Sheridan Linnell, Dr Henry Bowen, Dr Catherine Camden Pratt, Prof Deborah Green, Caryn Griffin, Dr Ying Wang, Daniel Wong.
Publisher: JoCAT
Licence: CC BY-NC-4.0
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/editorial

Editorial – Holding complexity / Caryn Griffin

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The symbols of the therapist: Examining reoccurring motifs within clinical response art / Cathryn Scarano

A quasi-experimental study on the effect of expressive arts therapy on the psychological flexibility and self-acceptance of female caregivers of frail older adults / Mei Yee Cheung

An arts-based exploration of queer Christian identity / Linley Smith

A literature review: Intersectional cultural humility and art therapy in Australia / Sorċa Hubbuck and Farah Suleman

How can the clown inform play in dramatherapy facilitation? / Drew Bird and Fabio Motta

Anarchival tremors: Glitch, haunting, and an ethic of care / Tatjana Jansen, Richard Wainwright, and Shannon Stevens

/practice papers

Exploring the experience of clay-based art therapy for burnout in Thai office workers / Natnicha Prachakittikul and Nisara Jaroenkajornkij

The art of embodied regulation: Harnessing Polyvagal Theory through expressive arts therapies / Rami Eckhaus and Melissa Hedlund Nelson

What can art do? The Studio Art Group advocates for art within community psychosocial mental health care / Samantha Sederof

Art therapy with Jungian archetypes and collage for queer body image healing / Wednesdae Reim Ifrach

/podcasts

Clowning: A seriously relational matter / Drew Bird in conversation with Deborah Green

When difference becomes divine / Ruchita Parekh talks to Deborah Green

/creative contributions

Polyphony through the screen: A collective narrative screenplay / Anna M. Szaflarski

International Women’s Day 2026: Women in graffiti – Ōtautahi Christchurch / Claire Rye with collaborating artists

Post traumatic shadows in suburbia / Alana Sawrey (Lanisarty)

Together we grow stronger / Michaela Psaila-Savona

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Exhibition review – Recovering Art: At the Dax Centre / Reviewed by Sarah Molnar

Book review – Space, Place and Dramatherapy: International Perspectives, edited by Eliza Sweeney / Reviewed by Jasmine Kaur Ahluwalia

Book review – Treatment Approaches for Body Image in Art Therapy, edited by Eileen Misluk-Gervase, Heidi Moffatt, and Taylor McLane / Reviewed by Kimberly Howeler

Book review – Art therapy for racial trauma, microaggressions and inequality, by Chioma Anah / Reviewed by Su Mei Tan

Book review – Art therapy with people with learning disabilities: Authentic voices in clinical practice and research, edited by Nicki Power and Simon Hackett / Reviewed by Rachel Holland

Exhibition review – An exhibition on Loneliness: At ACCA. Are you lonely tonight? I’m so lonesome I could cry / Reviewed by Sandy Dunne