In this study we sought to capture the experiences of parents who had attended a parent-infant art therapy group to support their wellbeing and attachment relationships. The groups lasted 12 weeks and had a focus on using shared art making experiences to bring the dyads into positive interactions. 50 parents attended the groups with their children. We asked them to complete surveys at the end of the art therapy group and later followed up a sample of participants for in depth interviews. We analysed both of these using reflexive thematic analysis. Our organisation of themes lays out the difficulties facing parents, what enabled them to take part, the mechanisms of change within the art therapy intervention, and the outcomes parents observed. The analysis evidences the changes parents identified in how they felt themselves and how they felt about their baby, with an important shift to enjoying their role as parents, feeling more confident about their parenting, tuning in to their babies’ cues, and enjoying the emerging personalities of their babies. It highlights the potential of art therapy to support parental wellbeing and parent-infant attachment relationships.

在这项研究中，我们试图捕捉参加亲子艺术治疗小组的父母的经历，以支持他们的福祉和依恋关系。这些小组持续了 12 周，重点是利用共享的艺术创作经验让两人进行积极的互动。50名家长带着孩子参加了小组活动。我们要求他们在艺术治疗小组结束时完成调查，然后对参与者样本进行深入访谈。我们使用反思性主题分析对这两者进行了分析。我们的主题组织列出了父母面临的困难、使他们能够参与的因素、艺术治疗干预中的变化机制以及父母观察到的结果。分析证明了父母在自我感受和对宝宝的感受上所发现的变化，其中一个重要的转变是享受自己作为父母的角色，对养育孩子更有信心，适应宝宝的暗示，并享受新出现的新事物。他们的宝宝的个性。它强调了艺术疗法在支持父母福祉和亲子依恋关系方面的潜力。