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This page contains my publications categorized by topic area. I provided links to the articles to give you easy access to the abstracts but many of them require subscriptions for full access.
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Potash, J. S. (2024). Intellectual humility in art therapy: Antidote for dis/misinformation. Art Therapy, 41(2), 54-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2024.2357986
Potash, J. S. (2024). Art therapists’ “good work”: Lessons from the labor movement. Art Therapy, 41(1), 2-3. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2024.2320064
Potash, J. S. & Kalmanowitz, D. L. (2023). Art therapists as activists in social movements. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 18(3), 310-328.https://doi.org/10.1177/15423166231193150
Potash, J. S. (2022). Antifascist Art Therapy. Art Therapy, 39(4), 171-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2144649
Vance, L. D., & Potash, J. S. (2021). Black Lives Matter protest art: Uncovering explicit and implicit emotions through thematic analysis. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 28(1), 121-129. https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000584
Potash, J. S & Gyimah-Boadi, A. (2021). Enhancing intergroup dialogues through art and art therapy. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 38(4), 335-347. https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21304
Potash, J. S. (2020). We the art therapists: Democracy through creative action. Art Therapy 37(1), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2020.1724592
Mariño García, L. & Potash, J. S. (2019). Art therapy as psychosocial support for FARC reincorporation. Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 14(2), 109–124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1542316619842046
Potash, J.S. (2019). Relational social justice ethics for art therapists. Art Therapy, 35(4), 202-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2018.155401
Potash, J. (2011). Art therapists as intermediaries for social change. Journal of Arts for Life, 2(1), 48-58. https://journals.flvc.org/jafl/article/view/84095
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Sabados, D. & Potash, J. S. (2023). Art to humanize mental illness for teaching diagnosis. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678231161386
Ho, A.H.Y., Fong, T.C.T., Potash, J.S., Ho, V.F.L., Chen, E.Y.H. & Ho, R.T.H. (2018). Deconstructing patterns of social stigma toward people living with mental illness. Social Work Research, 42(4), 302–312. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svy022
Potash, J. S., Ho, R.T.H. & Ho, A.H.Y. (2018). Citizenship, compassion, the arts: People living with mental illness need a caring community. Social Change, 48(2), 238-259. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049085718768911
Ho, R.T.H., Potash, J.S., Ho, A.H.Y., Ho, V.F.L. & Chen, E.Y.H. (2017). Reducing mental illness stigma and fostering empathic citizenship: Community arts collaborative approach. Social Work in Mental Health, 15(4), 469-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2016.12367
Ho, A.H.Y., Potash, J.S., Fong, T.C.T., Ho V.F.L., Chen, E.Y.H., Lau, R.H.W., AuYeung, F.S.W., & Ho, R.T.H. (2015). Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Stigma Scale: assessing the complex experiences of stigma and its relationship with self-esteem and depression among people living with mental illness. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 56, 198-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.09.016
Potash, J. S., Ho, R. T. H., Chick, J. K. Y. & Au Yeung, F. S. W. (2013). Viewing and engaging in an art therapy exhibit by people living with mental illness: Implications for empathy and social change. Public Health, 127(8), 735-744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2013.05.004
Potash, J. S. & Ho, R. T. H. (2011). Drawing involves caring: Fostering relationship building through art therapy for social change. Art Therapy, 28(2), 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2011.578040
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Potash, J. S. (2022). Searching for wholeness as a Jewish art therapist. International Journal of Art Therapy, 27(4), 198-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2022.2080842
Potash, J. S. (2021). Christine Wang: Pioneering Chinese-American art therapist. Art Therapy, 38(4), 197-204.. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2020.185991
Potash, J. S., Burnie, M., Pearson, R., & Ramirez, W. (2016). Restoring Wisconsin Art Therapy Association in Art Therapy History: Implications for professional definition and inclusivity. Art Therapy, 33(2), 99-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2016.116399
Potash, J.S., Doby-Copeland, C., Stepney, S. A., Washington, B.N., Vance, L.D., Short, G.M., Boston, C.G. & Ballbé ter Maat, M. (2015). Advancing multicultural and diversity competence in art therapy: American Art Therapy Association Multicultural Committee 1990 – 2015. Art Therapy, 32(3), 146-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2015.106083
Potash, J. S. & Ramirez, W. A. (2013). Broadening history, expanding possibilities: Contributions of Wayne Ramirez to art therapy. Art Therapy, 30(4), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2014.84708
Kalmanowitz, D., Potash, J. S. & Chan, S. M. (Eds.). (2012). Art therapy in Asia: To the bone or wrapped in silk. Jessica Kingsley. [ISBN: 978 1 84905 210 8 eISBN: 978 0 85700 449 9]
- Kalmanowitz, D., Potash, J. S. & Chan, S. M. (2012). Introduction to art therapy in Asia. In. D. Kalmanowitz, J. S. Potash & S. M. Chan (Eds.), Art therapy in Asia: To the bone or wrapped in silk, (pp. 24-34), London, UK: Jessica Kingsley.
- Kalmanowitz, D., Potash, J. S. & Chan, S. M. (2012). Critical themes of art therapy in Asia. In. D. Kalmanowitz, J. S. Potash & S. M. Chan (Eds.), Art therapy in Asia: To the bone or wrapped in silk, (pp. 35-50), London, UK: Jessica Kingsley.
- Potash, J. S. & Kalmanowitz, D. (2012). Reflecting on materials and process in Sichuan, China. In. D. Kalmanowitz, J. S. Potash & S. M. Chan (Eds.), Art therapy in Asia: To the bone or wrapped in silk, (pp. 196-208), London, UK: Jessica Kingsley.
- Kalmanowitz, D., Potash, J. S. & Chan, S. M. (2012). Implications of art therapy in Asia. In. D. Kalmanowitz, J. S. Potash & S. M. Chan (Eds.), Art therapy in Asia: To the bone or wrapped in silk, (pp. 312-321), London, UK: Jessica Kingsley.Potash, J. S. & Doby-Copeland, C. (2011). Hero, messenger, or mystic: Cross-cultural symbol understanding. In M. Pope, J. Pangelinan, & A. Coker (Eds.), Experiential Activities for Teaching Multicultural Competence in Counseling, (pp. 76-78). American Counseling Association.
Potash, J. S. (2005). Rekindling the multicultural history of the American Art Therapy Association, Inc.. Art Therapy, 22(4), 184-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2005.10129522
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Potash, J. S., Tripp, T. & Baxter, C. (2025). Psychological flexibility in art therapy: Practice-based research. Arts in Psychotherapy, 92, 102244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2024.102244
Potash, J. S. (2024). Art therapy superpowers: Imagination and willpower. Art Therapy, 41(4), 164-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2024.2428577
Potash, J. S. (2023). Keith Haring inspired art therapy. Art Therapy, 40(3), 115-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2023.2247940
Potash, J. S. (2021). Beyond the screen to the therapeutic frame. Art Therapy, 38(2), 59. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1927452
Potash, J. S., Kalmanowitz, D., Fung, I., Anand, S. A. & Miller, G. M. (2020). Art therapy in pandemics: Lessons for COVID-19. Art Therapy, 37(2) 105-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2020.175404
Brandstrup, N., Miller, G. M. & Potash, J.S. (2020). Learning from mistakes in adolescent art therapy. In M. Berberian & B. Davis (Eds.), Art therapy practices for resilient youth: A strengths-based approach to at-promise children and adolescents, (pp. 491-505). Routledge.
Potash, J. S. (2019). Continuous acts of creativity: Art therapy principles of therapeutic change. Art Therapy, 36(4), 173-174. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2019.1684159
Potash, J. S. (2018). Create your own: Kramer’s criteria for quality as central to art therapy. In L. Gerity & S. A. Anand (Ed.), The Legacy of Edith Kramer: A Multifaceted View, (pp. 99-104). Routledge.
Potash, J. S., Mann, S. M., Martinez, J. C., Roach, A. B. & Wallace, N. M. (2016). Spectrum of art therapy practice: Systematic review of Art Therapy 1983-2014. Art Therapy, 33(3), 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2016.119924
Potash, J. S. & Garlock, L. R. (2016). Unconscious compensation and integration: Art making for wholeness and balance. In K. Madden (Ed.) The Unconscious Roots of Creativity, (pp. 189-216). Chiron.
Potash, J. S. (2015). Archetypal aesthetics: Viewing art through states of consciousness. International Journal of Jungian Studies, 7(2), 139-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/19409052.2014.92498
Potash, J. S. (2014). Defining values: Many settings, singular identity. In M. B. Junge (Ed.), IIdentity and art therapy: Personal and Professional Perspectiveses, (pp. 148-157). Charles C. Thomas.
Ho, R. T. H., Potash, J. S., Fu, W., Wong, K. P. L. & Chan, C. L. W. (2010). Changes in breast cancer patients after psychosocial intervention as indicated in drawings. Psycho-oncology, 19(4), 353-360. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.1551
Potash, J. S. (2009). Fast food art, talk show therapy: Adolescence and mass media in art therapy. Art Therapy, 26(2) 52-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2009.10129746
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Efodzi, M., Potash, J. S. & Moore, J. R. V. (2024). Supporting gun violence survivors with art therapy and legislative advocates. Art Therapy, 41(4), 219-224. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2023.2289762
Khatib, I. & Potash, J. S. (2021). Visual journaling using art therapy with refugees. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 74. Article 101805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2021.101805
Tripp, T., Potash, J. S. & Brancheau, D. (2019). Safe Place collage protocol: Art making for managing traumatic stress. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 20(5), 511-525. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2019.159781
Ho, R. T. H., Potash, J. S., Lo, P. H. Y. & Wong, V. P. Y. (2014). Holistic interventions to trauma management for teachers following disaster: Expressive arts and Integrated Body-mind-spirit approaches. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 24(4), 275-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/02185385.2014.92581
Potash, J. S. & Ho, R. T. H. (2014). Expressive therapies for bereavement: The state of the arts. In B. E. Thompson & R. A. Neimeyer (Eds.), Grief and the expressive arts: Practices for creating meaning, (pp. 28-32). Routledge.
Potash, J. S. & Handel, S. (2012). Memory boxes. In. R. Neimeyer (Ed.), Techniques of Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved, (pp. 243-246). Routledge.
Ho, R. T. H., Fan, F. M., Lai, A. H. Y., Lo, P. H. Y., Potash, J. S., Kalmanowitz, D. L., Nan, J. K. M., Pon, A. K. L., Shi, Z. B., Chan, C. L. W. (2012). An expressive arts-based and strength-focused experiential training program for enhancing the efficacy of teachers affected by earthquake in China. Creative Education, 3(1), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2012.31011
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Potash, J. S. (2022). Credentials and professional identity. Art Therapy, 39(1), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.20413
Potash, J. S. (2021). Critical thinking: Obligation to inquiry. Art Therapy, 38(3), 115-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.1970417
Potash, J. S. (2019). Actually, Hong Kong is a small town: Art therapy and multiple relationships within a community. In A. Di Maria (Ed.), Exploring Ethical Dilemmas in Art Therapy: 50 Clinicians From 20 Countries Share Their Stories, (pp. 191-197, 427-428). Routledge.
Potash, J. S., Bardot, H., Moon, C. H., Napoli, M., Lyonsmith, A. & Hamilton, M. (2017). Ethical implications of cross-cultural international art therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 56, 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2017.08.005
Potash, J. S., Bardot, H. and Ho, R. (2012). Conceptualizing international art therapy education standards. The Arts in Psychotherapy.,39(2), 143-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2012.03.003
Kalmanowitz, D. & Potash, J. S. (2010). Ethical considerations in the global teaching and promotion of art therapy to non-art therapists. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 37(1), 20-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2009.11.002
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Srolovitz, M. Borgwardt, J., Burkart, M., Clementz-Cortes, A., Czamanski-Cohen, J., Ortiz Guzman, M., Hicks, M. Kaimal, G., Lederman, L., Potash, J. S., Yazdian Rubin, S., Stafford, D., Wibben, A., Wood, M., Youngwerth, J., Jones, C. A., & Kwok, I.B. (2022). Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about music therapy and art therapy. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 25(1), 135-144. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2021.0481
Ho, A. H. Y., Tan-Ho, G., Ngo, T. A., Ong, G., Chong, P. H., Dignahttps://doi.org 10.1186/s13063-019-3533-ydice, D., & Potash, J. (2019). A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals: a waitlist RCT protocol. Trials, 20(1), 406. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3533-y
Potash, J. S., Chen, J. Y. & Tsang, J. P. Y. (2016). Medical student mandala making for holistic well-being. BMJ Medical Humanities, 42, 17-25. https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2015-010717
Ho, R.T.H., Potash, J.S., Fang, F., & Rollins, J. (2015). Art viewing directives in hospital settings effect on mood. Health Environments Research and Design Journal, 8(3), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.1177/1937586715575903
Potash, J. S., Chan, F., Ho, A. H. Y., Wang, X. L. & Cheng, C. (2015). A model for art therapy based supervision for end-of-life-care workers in Hong Kong. Death Studies, 39, 44-51. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2013.859187
Potash, J.S., Chen, J.Y., Lam, C.L.K. & Chau, V.T.W. (2014). Art-making in a Family Medicine clerkship: How does it affect medical student empathy? BMC Medical Education, 14(247). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-014-0247-4
Potash, J. S. & Chen, J. Y. (2014). Art-mediated peer-to-peer learning of empathy. The Clinical Teacher, 11(5), 327-331. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.12157
Potash, J. S., Ho, A. H. Y., Chan, F., Wang, X. L. & Cheng, C. (2014). Can art therapy reduce death anxiety and burnout in end-of-life care workers? A quasi-experimental study. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 20(5), 233-240. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2014.20.5.233
Potash, J. S., Bardot, H., Wang, X. L., Chan, F., Ho, A. H. Y. & Cheng, C. (2013). Mandalas as indicators of burnout among end-of-life care workers. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 4(3), 363-377. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.4.3.363_1
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Woollett, N., Potash, J. S. & Kapitan, L. (2024). Research as storytelling: sharing wisdom with the profession. South African Journal of Arts Therapies, 2(1), 39-42. https://doi.org/10.36615/dc1v9h60
Potash, J.S. (2019). Arts-based research. In D. Betts & S. Deaver. Art therapy research: A practical guide, (pp. 119-146). Routledge.
Potash, J. S. & Kalmanowitz, D. (2016). Social action research methodologies in art therapy. In D. Gussak & M. Rosal (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of art therapy, (pp. 626-635), Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Potash, J. S. (2013). A more complete knowing: The subjective objective partnership. In S. McNiff (Ed.), Art as research: Opportunities and challenges, (pp. 153-160). Intellect Books and University of Chicago.
Potash, J. S. (2013). A more complete knowing: The subjective objective partnership. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 4(1), 49-56. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.4.1.49_1
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DeLucia, J., Rathe, E., Moulton, C. & Potash, J. S. (2024). Civilian participants’ responses to veteran artwork: Exploring empathy and understanding. International Journal of Art Therapy,29(4), 194-204.https://doi.org/10.1080/17454832.2023.2264376
Ho, R.T.H. & Potash, J. S. (2022). Community Creative Process through arts and arts therapy: From empathic understanding to advocacy. In D. Betts & V. Huet & (Eds.). Bridging the Creative Arts Therapies and Arts in Health: Toward Inspirational Practice, (pp. 175-192). Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Potash, J.S. (2020). Foreword. In A. Coles & H. Jury (Ed.), Art therapy in museums and galleries: Reframing practice, (pp. 13-14). Jessica Kingsley
Potash, J. S. (2016). Response art: Using creative activity to deepen exhibit engagement. In E. M. Gokcigdem (Ed.), Fostering Empathy Through Museums, (pp. 77-91). Rowman & Littlefield.
Betts, D., Potash, J. S., Luke, J. & Kelso, M. (2015). An art therapy study of visitor reactions to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Museum Management and Curatorship, 30(1), 21-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/09647775.2015.1008388
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Potash, J. S. (2023). Introduction to the special issue: Sex positive art therapy. Art Therapy, 40(4), 169-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2023.2283361
Potash, J. S. (2023). Forty years of wisdom, discernment, and imagination. Art Therapy, 40(1), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2023.21798
Potash, J. S. (2022). Introduction to the special issue – Resilience and transformation: Reflections on 2020. Art Therapy, 39(2), 59-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2022.2080433
Potash, J. S. (2021). Special issue on art therapy education. Art Therapy, 38(1), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2021.188768
Potash, J. S. (2019). Art therapy gold: American Art Therapy Association at 50. Art Therapy, 36(3), 113-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2019.166013
Potash, J. S. (2019). Joining the club. Art Therapy, 36(2), 57-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2019.161817
Potash, J. S. (2019). Creative acts, thoughtful words, andhttps://10.1080/07421656.2019.1618172 inspired settings for our time. Art Therapy, 36(1), 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2019.157953
Potash, J.S. (2018). Special issue on medical art therapy. Art Therapy, 35(2), 58-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421656.2018.1490615