KenVaK is a research group and cooperative in which several universities of applied sciences participate, namely Zuyd Hogeschool and Hogeschool Utrecht. External partners in ongoing research include various organizations like Mondriaan GGZ, Koraal Groep, Pergamijn, Kentalis, Open Universiteit, Maastricht University, Radboud Universiteit and Universiteit Utrecht. KenVaK closely coordinates its research policy with Vaktherapie Nederland and its professional associations. KenVaK can be considered a network organization and is led by prof dr Susan van Hooren.
KenVaK’s mission is to increase knowledge in the field of arts therapy, so benefiting the quality of education and professional intervention in practice. This has produced three goals:
- to increase the knowledge we have about arts therapies by, for example, researching the effects of various arts therapy interventions
- to implement this new knowledge in training and professionalizing lecturers
- to implement new knowledge in practice and to stimulate the professionalism of arts therapists in practice by means of in-service training and refresher courses.
Bijeenkomst International Advisory Board in Gent 11 september 2024
Bijeenkomst International Advisory Board in Vilnius 14 september 2022
Meeting International Advisory Board in Alcala 11 september 2019:
Programme
Presentation Susan van Hooren (KenVaK – IAB meeting Alcala)
Presentation Suzanne Haeijen – Vicky Karkou (Randomised Controlled Trial)
Presentation Celine Schweizer – Liesbeth Bosgraaf (We do science not clients? Arts Therapies Research through small-n designs)
Presentation Sabine Koch – Rosemarie Samaritter (Research Methods: Arts based Research)
Meeting International Advisory Board in Krakow 13 September 2017:
Programme
Presentation Susan van Hooren (KenVaK – IAB meeting Krakow)
Presentation Celine Schweizer (Core elements in art therapy with children 6-12 with autisme spectrum disorder
Presentation Lisa Hinz (Future directions in research)
Meeting International Advisory Board in Parlermo 16 September 2015:
Programme
Presentation Susan van Hooren (KenVaK – IAB meeting Palermo)
Presentation Ina van Keulen – Simone Kleinlooh (Innovations in Dance Movement Therapy)
Presentation Manon Verdonschot – Martina de Witte ((Be)leef in de wijk)
Presentation Suzanne Haeyen (Effects of Art Therapy in individuals with Personality Disorders cluster B-C)
Presentation Celine Schweizer (What Works in Art Therapy with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders)
Presentation Lisa Hinz (Methodologies in Art Therapy Research)
Presentation Sabine Koch (Research Perspectives in Arts Therapies – Focus Active factors and a theory model)
Presentation Vicky Karkou (Research in Arts Psychotherapies – Some Directions)
Presentation Annemiek Vink (Music therapy working together for outcome!)
Presentation Nisha Sajnani (Research on the Link Between Training and Research)
Presentation Ditty Dokter (KenVaK International Advisory Board)
