A new mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) Intervention introduced by at the Abramson Cancer Center in Pennsylvania Hospital in 2010. The 8 week long program focuses on patients walking outside and taking photos of their environment and anything they observe.

"Walkabout" Program

A mindfulness based therapy centered around the body that emphasizes somatic awareness and experiential techniques to enhance creativity and mindful wisdom of the body

Hakomi

Therapeutic model that combines mindfulness, compassion, and creative expression. It purports that the creative process is a way to deepen the aquisition of skills and resources associated with self-compassion

ONEBird

Syracuse University

Mindfulness-Based Art Therpay integrates mindfulness meditation skills and aspects of art therapy into an eight week, gender segregated supportive group therapy format.

 Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy (MBAT) 

Rothaus, M. (2014). Hakomi and art therapy. Mindfulness and the arts therapies: Theory and practice, 208-218.

Mindfulness and the Arts Therapies: Theory and Practice

- Women with Cancer
- Refugees/ Asylum Seekers
- Children
- College Students
- Coronary Artery Disease Patients
- Gender Variant Individuals
- People with TBI's or Mental Diseases

Populations that Benefit from Mindfulness Based Art Therapy

- integrates mindfulness meditation skills and aspect of art therapy into an eight-week, gender-segregated supportive group therapy format. 
- A multi-modal design intended to provide opportunities for verbal and non-verbal expression, enhanced support and expanded coping strategies 
- decreases stress and improves life quality 
- overall theoretical framework is rooted in the principles of self-regulation theory to understand reactions to perceptions of physical and emotional well-being.

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