Dr. Mimmu Rankanen
Oslo Metropolitan University, Department of Art, Design and Drama, Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Oslo, Norway
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About Mimmu
Dr. Professor Mimmu Rankanen is the programme coordinator of the art therapy Master’s specialization at Oslo Metropolitan University. She has long experience of teaching art therapy at the graduate level in Finland and Norway. She is a state authorized psychotherapist, psychotherapy educator and supervisor, who has education both in cognitive analytic psychotherapy and art therapy. She is the chair of Research Committee of European Federation of Art Therapy and has presented her research at numerous international conferences, published multiple scientific articles and book chapters and co-authored a book about principles of art therapy. Her doctoral research (2016) focused on how client’s experience the process and impacts of art therapy, after which she conducted postdoctoral research at Aalto University and at the University of the Arts Helsinki. In addition to her work as a professor, she is practicing long term clinical art therapy with adults suffering from various mental health problems.
Publications
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Stanoeva, A. & Rankanen, M. (2024). A review of doctoral research in art therapy across Europe: a project of European Federation of Art Therapy’s (EFAT’s) Research Committee to create a European database for doctoral theses. GMS Journal of Arts Therapies. 2024; 6: Doc07. doi: 10.3205/jat000040
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Rankanen, M., Leinikka, M., Groth, C., Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P., Mäkelä, M., & Huotilainen, M. (2022). Physiological Measurements and Emotional Experiences of Drawing and Clay Forming. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 79, 101899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2022.101899
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Rankanen, M. (2021). Embodied, intersubjective and aesthetic view into the process of therapeutic change. V. Huet & L. Kapitan, (Ed.). International Advances in Art Therapy Research and Practice: The Emerging Picture (pp. 141-148). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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Erkkilä, J. & Rankanen, M. (2020). Kun sanat eivät riitä – luovat terapiat. [When words are not enough – Creative arts therapies). Duodecim, 136(18), 2062-2067. https://www.duodecimlehti.fi/lehti/2020/18/duo15795
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Huotilainen, M., Rankanen, M., Groth, C., Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P. & Mäkelä, M. (2018). Why our brain loves arts and crafts: Implications of creative practices on psychophysical well-being. Formakademisk. 10.7577/formakademisk.1908
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Rankanen, M. (2017). The three-headed girl. The experience of dialogical art therapy viewed from different perspectives. In K. Killick (Ed.) Art therapy and psychosis (pp. 154-180). London: Routledge.
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Rankanen, M. (2016). Clients’ experiences of the impacts of an experiential art therapy group. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 50, 101–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2016.06.002
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Rankanen, M. (2016). The visible spectrum: participants' experiences of the process and impacts of art therapy. Aalto University. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-60-6921-0
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Rankanen, M. (2014). Clients’ positive and negative experiences of experiential art therapy group process. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 41, 193–204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2014.02.006
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Rankanen, M., Hentinen, H., & Mantere, M. H. (2007). Taideterapian perusteet. [The principles of art therapy]. Helsinki: Duodecim.