volume 21, number 1, 2026

Welcome to volume 21, number 1. Articles, practice papers, creative contributions, podcasts, reviews and more will be pre-published monthly from March to July. Please sign up for our eNews to receive notifications as to when new content drops.

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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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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

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

/reflections and essays

Reflective papers and essays will be published here in the coming months.

/podcasts

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

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When difference becomes divine / Ruchita Parekh talks to Deborah Green

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/creative contributions

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

/reviews

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

/videos

Videos will be published here in the coming months.