Date of Award
Spring 5-21-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MA - Master of Arts
Department
Expressive Therapies
Advisor
Denise Malis_Ph. D., LMHC, ATR-BC
Abstract
Burnout among mental health counseling and art therapy professionals has long been an issue (Meyerson 1998; Prins et al., 2015; Yang & Hayes, 2020; Zeira 2021). While previous research into the causes and reduction of burnout have focused primarily on individual burnout, both in terms of psychology and workplace habits (Rollins et al. 2021), very few studies have been done examining the systemic, institutional, and cultural contributions to burnout in these professions. This paper aims to explore the connection between community standards and the current systems that intersect professional art therapy practice in the United States and the areas in which workplace policies and legislation fail to create and maintain a desirable workplace community for working art therapy professionals across national, state, and organizational levels.
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Recommended Citation
Welch, Mary, "A Systemic Approach to Understanding Burnout Through the Lens of the United States’ Professional Art Therapy (and Mental Health) Community: A Literature Review" (2022). Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses. 609.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/expressive_theses/609
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