Mimmu Rankanen

Scientific publications

Rankanen, Mimmu ; Leinikka, Marianne; Groth, Camilla; Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita; Mäkelä, Maarit; Huotilainen, Minna (2022). Physiological measurements and emotional experiences of drawing and clay forming. 14 p. The Arts in Psychotherapy. Vol. 79.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2022.101899

Rankanen, Mimmu (2021). Embodied, intersubjective and aesthetic view into the process of therapeutic change. Huet, Valérie; Kapitan, Lynn (Ed.). International Advances in Art Therapy Research and Practice: The Emerging Picture. p. 141-148. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Erkkilä, Jaakko; Rankanen, Mimmu (2020). Kun sanat eivät riitä – luovat terapiat [When words are not enough – art therapies]. Duodecim. Vol. 136.

Huotilainen, Minna; Rankanen, Mimmu ; Groth, Camilla; Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Pirita; Mäkelä, Maarit (2018). Why our brain loves arts and crafts: Implications of creative practices on psychophysical well-being. 17 p. FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.1908

Rankanen, Mimmu (2016). Clients’ experiences of the impacts of an experiential art therapy group. The Arts in Psychotherapy. Vol. 50.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2016.06.002

Rankanen, Mimmu (2014). Clients’ positive and negative experiences of experiential art therapy group process. The Arts in Psychotherapy. Vol. 41.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2014.02.006

Research reports

Rankanen, Mimmu (2016). The visible spectrum: participants’ experiences of the process and impacts of art therapy. ISBN: 978-952-60-6920-3. 255 p. Aalto University.
http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-60-6921-0

Dissemination

Rankanen, Mimmu ; Svendsen, Kristin Benedicte ; Gazerani, Parisa (2024). Surviving pain creatively. Seventeenth European Arts Therapies Conference. EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM FOR ARTS THERAPIES EDUCATION. https://www.ecarte.info/conference-theme

Svendsen, Kristin Benedicte ; Rankanen, Mimmu ; Gazerani, Parisa ; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Lund, Hans Aage (2023). Growing the art therapy research base together across disciplines. EFAT Conference 2023 "Growing*Together". European Federation of Art Therapy.
https://www.arttherapyfederation.eu/efat-conferenc

Rankanen, Mimmu ; Stanoeva, Avgustina; Óttarsdóttir, Unnur (2023). A review of doctoral research in the field of art therapy across Europe. EFAT Conference 2023 "Growing Together". European Federation of Art Therapy.

Rankanen, Mimmu ; Havsteen-Franklin, Dominik; Stone, Elizabeth; D'Elia, Maria; Della Cagnoletta, Mimma (2023). Ethical Issues in Art Therapy Training. EFAT Conference 2023 "Growing Together". European Federation of Art Therapy.

Rankanen, Mimmu (2023). Art therapy master's education at Oslo Metropolitan University. Nordic Arts & Health Research Network meeting. Nordic Arts & Health Research Network .

Rankanen, Mimmu (2022). Katsaus kuvataideterapiaan kansainvälisesti [An overview of art therapy internationally]. Taide vaikuttaa - taiteet terapian muotona [Arts as a form of therapy]. Arts Promotion Centre Ministry of Education & Culture Finlan.

Rankanen, Mimmu (2022). Interdisciplinary research of embodied art therapy process. European Federation of Art Therapy Research Webinar. European Federation of Art Therapy Research Committee.

Rankanen, Mimmu (2021). Inclusion of Compassionate Perspectives into Art Therapy. 21st Nordic Art Therapy Conference. The Swedish National Association of Art Therapists.

Rankanen, Mimmu (2021). Kuvataideterapia traumojen hoidossa. Kriisi- ja traumakonferenssi 2021. Suomen psykologiliitto ja Traumaterapiakeskus.

Rankanen, Mimmu (2021). Art Therapy in Nordic Countries. Places, Spaces and Time - Shaping the European Art Therapy Landscape. European Federation of Art Therapy Online Conference 2021 .