Art Therapy

Art Therapy

• A mental health profession in which clients use art media, the creative process, and the resulting artwork to explore their feelings.

Take a moment to think
about how you have expressed yourself over the past years.

Did you respond with any of these?

• Playing a sport?
• Listening to music?
• Drawing or painting?
• Dancing?
• Acting on stage or reciting a monologue?
• Writing? (journals, stories, and/or poems)

Who benefits from Art therapy?

• developmental
• medical (addictions?)
• educational (ADHD)
• social (social anxiety)
• psychological impairment

Different Types of Art therapy

• Art therapy
• Music therapy
• Dance/Movement Therapy
• Drama Therapy
• Creative writing therapy
• Poetry Therapy

How does art therapy work?

• Self-Regulation
• Right Brain Dominance
• Integration
• Meaning-making

Depression?

• gives you a product you can see and learn from
• evaluating your art can help you pinpoint aspects of your life you may want to change
• Being able to express yourself without being judged
• Group therapy helps connect with others
• Allows a sense of trust to build in yourself

Alzheimer's with Art therapy?

• Stimulates the brain
• Stirs memories
• can bring language back to someone who can't speak
• stimulates senses
• trigger dormant memories
• can explore a new vocabulary

Autism?

• self-esteem
• social interaction
• learn social cues and norms
• identify non-literal and non-verbal language
• comfortable interpersonal relationships

What about schizophrenia?

Creative therapy is not just for "creative types"