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NCT05593302: TFAT

The Effectiveness of Trauma Focused Art Therapy

Completed NA Last updated 4 September 2025
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Trauma-Focused Art Therapy (TFAT) in Trauma in 38 participants. Completed in 31 August 2024.

Timeline
10 October 2022
Primary endpoint
1 June 2024
31 August 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsorHAN University of Applied Sciences
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationna
Designsingle group
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment38
Start date10 October 2022
Primary completion1 June 2024
Estimated completion31 August 2024
Sites1 location across Netherlands

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

HAN University of Applied Sciences

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Trauma or Psychological. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

More than 30% of patients with trauma-related complaints do not benefit from prescribed treatments. This concerns patients who have either a poor verbal memory or who are unable or do not wish to talk about their experiences. In clinical practice, trauma-oriented art therapy appears to be an appropriate treatment. The visual, tangible, experiential character of art therapy is in line with the often wordless, visual and sensory nature of trauma. Art therapy aims to contribute to achieving personal goals through the use of visual materials and techniques. This approach has been insufficiently examined. Treatment of refugees with Trauma-Focused Art Therapy has previously been shown to be feasible in clinical practice and acceptable to patients. Using a Mixed Method design, the researchers aim to measure the effect of this protocol in specialized mental health care and the experience of patients with regard to their personal recovery.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Effectiveness of trauma-focused art therapy (TFAT) for psychological trauma: study protocol of a multiple-baseline single-case experimental design.
    Heijman J, Wouters H, Schouten KA, Haeyen S. · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38286685 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081917

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