Art Therapy London Feedback and Results
5 participants from creative industries
| Business owner/ Property Negotiator |
| Graphic Designer |
| Illustrator |
| Artist/ Student |
| Artist/ Student |
Age and Gender
| 25 | non-binary |
| 26 | Lesbian |
| 25 | cis woman |
| 31 | cis woman |
| 27 | cis woman |
The Questions – Pre and Post intervention
One word that comes to your mind, anything, any word right now?
| Pre | Post |
| Freedom | Free/ people are different! |
| Hot | Relieved |
| Hot | Sunshine |
| Orange | Rainbow |
| Hot | Relieve |
What are you feeling right now?
| Pre | Post |
| Delightful | Hungry and free |
| Tired from commuting | Also relieved |
| Energetic, Exhausted | Tried but happy |
| Hot and sweaty | Good & calm |
| Tired | Relieve |
What is Burnout? No dictionary, no Google. Just your thoughts and ideas.
| Pre | Post |
| When you feel very tired of everything in anything you do right now. | When you feel stressed, sad, uncontrolled. Too overwhelmed |
| The state of exhausted and tired emotionally and physically | The state of exhasted and tired physically and emotionally |
| Stress + Triedness | Overestimating your limits |
| Tired lazy , lack of energy to pitch ideas | Tired of something, dont want to do anything about work, |
| No passion with the thing I used to have passion with | Chronic stress caused by 6 factors: workload, sense of belonging, sense of influence, reward, fairness, value |
Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey (MBI-GS)
I used MBI-GS because it’s widely recognised for assessing burnout.
The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is the high standard for assessing burnout. However, the MBI is comprised of three subscales (exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy), making interpretation difficult. There is currently no internationally recognised classification system for burnout. (Kitaoka and Masuda, 2016)
To determine the frequency of occurrence for each of the 16 items, a seven-point Likert scale extending from 0 (never) to 6 (daily) was used. The mean values for each of the three subcategories of exhaustion were calculated. Burnout syndrome is present when scores for emotional exhaustion and cynicism are high while scores for personal accomplishment are low.
The likelihood of experiencing burnout can be assessed using the burnout score as follows:
If the score falls below 1.49, there is no indication of burnout.
Scores ranging from 1.50 to 3.49 suggest the presence of some burnout symptoms.
Scores at or above 3.50 indicate indications of burnout syndrome.
My art therapist suggested that this measure can be used only for inclusion criteria for the intervention but does not need to be remeasured after the intervention because I’m interested in qualitative feedback rather than quantitative feedback.
| JOB | New Score (after) | Before intervention |
| Graphic Designer | 4.352 | 6.143 |
| Business owner/ Property Negotiator | 13.081 | 7.286 |
| Artist/ Student | 6.656 | 6.36 |
| Artist/ Student | 7.198 | 8.228 |
| Illustrator | 4.29 | 5.724 |
Activities
What activity do you like the most?
- Fact about Burnout syndrome – 1
- Ice-breaking 2: Convey your current feelings through the art process. – Create works of art that reflect burnout feelings -2
- Review six factors to see which of them affect your burnout, in descending order to convey those factors as works of art -1
- Group talk -1
| JOB | Does this workshop really help alleviate your burnout symptoms? From 1-7 | This art therapy session has helped improve your overall feelings and emotions, hasn’t it? From 1-7 |
| Graphic Designer | 5 | 4 |
| Business owner/ Property Negotiator | 6 | 6 |
| Artist/ Student | 6 | 5 |
| Artist/ Student | 5 | 6 |
| Illustrator | 6 | 6 |
| JOB | How do you feel after participating in all the workshops today? | What have you learned today? | Can I have 3 words about today’s workshop? |
| Graphic Designer | Feeling better/relaxed after picking up paper and drawing again after not doing it for a while. Realizing I’m not the only one who feels this way, other friends can relate to this feeling + have had similar experiences. | Learned about burnout, its causes, and coping strategies. | relaxed relieved related!! |
| Business owner/ Property Negotiator | I feel a profound self-reflection, particularly regarding the value of the work I’m currently doing. I’ve realized that I must recognize the worth of my work, find that delicate balance, and not exceed the point where it becomes excessive. It’s like a clear reflection that I lack adequacy in my current work. I aspire to return to being that balance where I see the value and benefits of the work I do while also recognizing the intrinsic value of my work so that it provides value to others. | Learned another root cause of my burnout, which has become clear, and I will attempt to address and rectify it. | No judgments, Emotional diversity, value |
| Artist/ Student | Relieve, happy, connect | I learned about myself, my true needs, how to enhance self-confidence and the importance of distinguishing between facts and feelings. | Relieve, happy, open-minded. |
| Artist/ Student | Having fun, meeting new people, relaxing, and appreciating the creativity expressed by each individual. | Step causes of burnout | Feel so GOOD |
| Illustrator | I felt better because I had a conversation with other people. | Learn about burnout | Interesting, friendly, helpful |
REF
Kitaoka, K. and Masuda, S. (2016). Classification of burnout according to the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey: Five classifications according to the exhaustion+ 1 criterion. Journal of Society of Nursing Practice, [online] 28(2), pp.5–15. Available at: https://www.kango-ji.com/journal/download/files/28-2-1.pdf.