Art therapy can achieve different things for different people. It can be used for counseling by art therapists, healing, treatment, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, etc.
I’ve been on the fence about art therapy for a while now. I recently attended an information session for a graduate program in Art Therapy and found out that art therapy is not a license to practice in Ohio, rather it’s a credential and in order to practice in Ohio I would need to...
Book Review: Art Therapy Exercises: Inspirational and Practical Ideas to Stimulate the Imaginationdoi:10.1080/02630672.2010.9689784bJennings, S. (1973). Remedial Drama London: A & C Black. Google ScholarJude KiddJude KiddDramatherapy
With someone who has been struggling with self harming for years this is amazing thank you I will defiantly tell my doctor/therapist about this! Really great ideas These are amazing I have never heard of art therapy! love this one diff going to try some of theses ideas Amazing arti...
Client goals generally involve creating the requisite emotional space needed for genuine relational choice for connection to manifest. If you have created a useful therapy tool, or if you have adapted an existing creative tool that you would like to share with readers, please follow submission ...
Humanistic approaches toart therapyinclude existential therapy (Frankl, 1963; May, 1976), person-centered therapy (Rogers, 1951, 1961), and Gestalt therapy (Perls, 1969). The existential basis for art therapy, delineated byMoon (1995), derives from the ideas of Frankl and May.Frankl (1963)bel...
The theme of resilience is a common thread through many of my art therapy groups. Resilience is the ability to grow through hard times – to bend without breaking and to persevere against the odds. I love to see the spark in people’s eyes when they are able to identify personal resilienc...
A Practical Guide to Art Therapy Groups is the only book of its kind. It gives you not only fresh ideas, but also specific directions on topic and material implementation. With the book's specific guidelines and practical advice, you will find planning therapeutic group sessions easier and ...
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Participants were gathered in small groups for the art therapy sessions, but each of them developed his/her individual work. We designed five different activities, to grant diversity and keep participants engaged. Each session focused on a single activity, which could span several sessions. Each ac...