Jordan S Potash
Biographic Data
| ID | 3081263 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jordan S Potash |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jordan S |
| FAMILY NAME | Potash |
| SIGNATURE | POTASH J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Washington University Virginia Campus |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1335-5711 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Art Therapists as Activists in Social Movements
Surveying the role of the arts in social movements offers approaches for ways in which art therapists can be collaborators in peacebuilding. A contemporary review of activist and protest art reveals four sources of inspiration for how art therapists can contribute: intentional symbols and metaphors, solidarity, memorializing, and resilience. When integrated with peacebuilding strategies, art therapists can support social movements by visualizing …
Art for Humanizing Mental Illness When Teaching Diagnosis
Teaching a class that covers psychiatric diagnoses is essential for graduate students in mental health professions both for the purpose of providing informed therapeutic services for their clients who may have been diagnosed with a mental illness, and, increasingly, for the provision of diagnosis as a licensed clinician in the United States. Art therapy educators designed an experiential learning approach rooted in two frameworks that humanize me…
Enhancing intergroup dialogues through art and art therapy
Intergroup dialogue contributes to community development by providing structured and facilitated opportunities for narrative engagement and perspective taking that can foster social change. Both art and art therapy can be infused within intergroup dialogue to harness imagination and creativity in order to heighten reflection and promote emotional connections. An art therapy‐informed model enhanced self‐awareness, storytelling, and interpersonal i…
Black Lives Matter protest art: Uncovering explicit and implicit emotions through thematic analysis
Art Therapy as Psychosocial Support for Farc Reincorporation
Psychosocial support programmes are an intrinsic part of a sustainable and successful social reincorporation of ex-combatants in post-conflict situations. Following the end of Colombia’s 50-year civil war, people who were formerly part of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are currently living in designated spaces for reincorporation into society. This project aimed to identify how the field of art therapy can help advance existing…
Deconstructing Patterns of Stigma toward People Living with Mental Illness
Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts: People Living with Mental Illness Need a Caring Community
Furthering social inclusion for marginalised members of society demands advocacy efforts focussed on holistic citizenship. Harnessing compassion, the arts can activate four component elements: narratives, actual stories and voices of members of a society; encounters, opportunities for dialogue among members of a society; reflection, values clarification and self-awareness and community, spaces that allow for creative engagement. This theoretical …
Medical student mandala making for holistic well-being
The objective of this qualitative research study was to discover how creating mandalas (art made in reference to a circle) might provide medical students with an opportunity for reflection on their current psychological state. As part of their year 3 family medicine rotation, medical students participated in an art-making workshop, during which, they created mandalas based on their current emotional state. Afterwards, they engaged in reflective w…
An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This paper describes a collaborative research partnership between museum educators and art therapists. Twenty-two visitors at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group based on an art therapy informed protocol. All participants visited the first two floors of the permanent exhibition, Nazi Assault (opening floor) and The ‘Final Solution’ (middle floor). Those in the experimental gro…
Mandalas as indicators of burnout among end-of-life care workers
Hospice and palliative care workers can reduce the potential for burnout by nurturing self-competence and self-awareness in order to manage challenging and painful emotions that arise from the nature of working with dying individuals and bereaved families. An art therapy supervision programme for end-of-life care workers in Hong Kong utilized mandala-making as a tool for cultivating self-awareness. A total of 60 mandalas were collected, rated acc…
Holistic interventions to trauma management for teachers following disaster: Expressive arts and integrated body-mind-spirit approaches
Schools are often an entry point for offering psychosocial interventions to communities following disasters. However, teachers often lack skills to facilitate classroom activities that can address post-traumatic symptoms. Further, they are not trained in mental health and they themselves have been traumatised. A solution is to provide teachers with an intervention protocol to be used in the typical classroom. As an alternative to traditional coun…
A Model for Art Therapy–Based Supervision for End-of-Life Care Workers in Hong Kong
End-of-life care workers and volunteers are particularly prone to burnout given the intense emotional and existential nature of their work. Supervision is one important way to provide adequate support that focuses on both professional and personal competencies. The inclusion of art therapy principles and practices within supervision further creates a dynamic platform for sustained self-reflection. A 6-week art therapy-based supervision group prov…
A more complete knowing: The subjective objective partnership
Within research, subjectivity is viewed as authentic or biased. Similarly, objectivity is characterized as either rational or distant. These descriptions remove nuances within each position. Rather than narrowly adopt either stance, art-based research involves the careful partnering of embracing subjectivity and relativizing objectivity. Examples from the author’s own art-based research illustrate these points
An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This paper describes a collaborative research partnership between museum educators and art therapists. Twenty-two visitors at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group based on an art therapy informed protocol. All participants visited the first two floors of the permanent exhibition, Nazi Assault (opening floor) and The ‘Final Solution’ (middle floor). Those in the experimental gro…
A Model for Art Therapy–Based Supervision for End-of-Life Care Workers in Hong Kong
End-of-life care workers and volunteers are particularly prone to burnout given the intense emotional and existential nature of their work. Supervision is one important way to provide adequate support that focuses on both professional and personal competencies. The inclusion of art therapy principles and practices within supervision further creates a dynamic platform for sustained self-reflection. A 6-week art therapy-based supervision group prov…
Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts: People Living with Mental Illness Need a Caring Community
Furthering social inclusion for marginalised members of society demands advocacy efforts focussed on holistic citizenship. Harnessing compassion, the arts can activate four component elements: narratives, actual stories and voices of members of a society; encounters, opportunities for dialogue among members of a society; reflection, values clarification and self-awareness and community, spaces that allow for creative engagement. This theoretical …
Medical student mandala making for holistic well-being
The objective of this qualitative research study was to discover how creating mandalas (art made in reference to a circle) might provide medical students with an opportunity for reflection on their current psychological state. As part of their year 3 family medicine rotation, medical students participated in an art-making workshop, during which, they created mandalas based on their current emotional state. Afterwards, they engaged in reflective w…
Holistic interventions to trauma management for teachers following disaster: Expressive arts and integrated body-mind-spirit approaches
Schools are often an entry point for offering psychosocial interventions to communities following disasters. However, teachers often lack skills to facilitate classroom activities that can address post-traumatic symptoms. Further, they are not trained in mental health and they themselves have been traumatised. A solution is to provide teachers with an intervention protocol to be used in the typical classroom. As an alternative to traditional coun…
Art Therapists as Activists in Social Movements
Surveying the role of the arts in social movements offers approaches for ways in which art therapists can be collaborators in peacebuilding. A contemporary review of activist and protest art reveals four sources of inspiration for how art therapists can contribute: intentional symbols and metaphors, solidarity, memorializing, and resilience. When integrated with peacebuilding strategies, art therapists can support social movements by visualizing …
A more complete knowing: The subjective objective partnership
Within research, subjectivity is viewed as authentic or biased. Similarly, objectivity is characterized as either rational or distant. These descriptions remove nuances within each position. Rather than narrowly adopt either stance, art-based research involves the careful partnering of embracing subjectivity and relativizing objectivity. Examples from the author’s own art-based research illustrate these points
Mandalas as indicators of burnout among end-of-life care workers
Hospice and palliative care workers can reduce the potential for burnout by nurturing self-competence and self-awareness in order to manage challenging and painful emotions that arise from the nature of working with dying individuals and bereaved families. An art therapy supervision programme for end-of-life care workers in Hong Kong utilized mandala-making as a tool for cultivating self-awareness. A total of 60 mandalas were collected, rated acc…
Holistic interventions to trauma management for teachers following disaster: Expressive arts and integrated body-mind-spirit approaches
Schools are often an entry point for offering psychosocial interventions to communities following disasters. However, teachers often lack skills to facilitate classroom activities that can address post-traumatic symptoms. Further, they are not trained in mental health and they themselves have been traumatised. A solution is to provide teachers with an intervention protocol to be used in the typical classroom. As an alternative to traditional coun…
A Model for Art Therapy–Based Supervision for End-of-Life Care Workers in Hong Kong
End-of-life care workers and volunteers are particularly prone to burnout given the intense emotional and existential nature of their work. Supervision is one important way to provide adequate support that focuses on both professional and personal competencies. The inclusion of art therapy principles and practices within supervision further creates a dynamic platform for sustained self-reflection. A 6-week art therapy-based supervision group prov…
Medical student mandala making for holistic well-being
The objective of this qualitative research study was to discover how creating mandalas (art made in reference to a circle) might provide medical students with an opportunity for reflection on their current psychological state. As part of their year 3 family medicine rotation, medical students participated in an art-making workshop, during which, they created mandalas based on their current emotional state. Afterwards, they engaged in reflective w…
An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This paper describes a collaborative research partnership between museum educators and art therapists. Twenty-two visitors at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum were randomly assigned to either a control group or an experimental group based on an art therapy informed protocol. All participants visited the first two floors of the permanent exhibition, Nazi Assault (opening floor) and The ‘Final Solution’ (middle floor). Those in the experimental gro…
Deconstructing Patterns of Stigma toward People Living with Mental Illness
Citizenship, Compassion, the Arts: People Living with Mental Illness Need a Caring Community
Furthering social inclusion for marginalised members of society demands advocacy efforts focussed on holistic citizenship. Harnessing compassion, the arts can activate four component elements: narratives, actual stories and voices of members of a society; encounters, opportunities for dialogue among members of a society; reflection, values clarification and self-awareness and community, spaces that allow for creative engagement. This theoretical …
Art Therapy as Psychosocial Support for Farc Reincorporation
Psychosocial support programmes are an intrinsic part of a sustainable and successful social reincorporation of ex-combatants in post-conflict situations. Following the end of Colombia’s 50-year civil war, people who were formerly part of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are currently living in designated spaces for reincorporation into society. This project aimed to identify how the field of art therapy can help advance existing…
Enhancing intergroup dialogues through art and art therapy
Intergroup dialogue contributes to community development by providing structured and facilitated opportunities for narrative engagement and perspective taking that can foster social change. Both art and art therapy can be infused within intergroup dialogue to harness imagination and creativity in order to heighten reflection and promote emotional connections. An art therapy‐informed model enhanced self‐awareness, storytelling, and interpersonal i…
Black Lives Matter protest art: Uncovering explicit and implicit emotions through thematic analysis
Art Therapists as Activists in Social Movements
Surveying the role of the arts in social movements offers approaches for ways in which art therapists can be collaborators in peacebuilding. A contemporary review of activist and protest art reveals four sources of inspiration for how art therapists can contribute: intentional symbols and metaphors, solidarity, memorializing, and resilience. When integrated with peacebuilding strategies, art therapists can support social movements by visualizing …
Art for Humanizing Mental Illness When Teaching Diagnosis
Teaching a class that covers psychiatric diagnoses is essential for graduate students in mental health professions both for the purpose of providing informed therapeutic services for their clients who may have been diagnosed with a mental illness, and, increasingly, for the provision of diagnosis as a licensed clinician in the United States. Art therapy educators designed an experiential learning approach rooted in two frameworks that humanize me…
Psychology (13 works) · Art Therapy and Mental Health (11 works) · Psychotherapist (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Art Therapy (5 works) · Music Therapy and Health (5 works)