Art Therapy
June 1st 2007 19:16
In art therapy, the client uses clay, paint, and other art medium to create images that explore their feelings, dreams, memories or ideas. People come to art therapy for a variety of reasons. For example, individuals suffering with depression, facing loss, coping with trauma, dealing with addiction, recovering from sexual abuse, or seeking means to overcome anxiety have often found relief, courage, and strengthening insight through art therapy. Creativity can provide a means of expression for that which has no words, or is not yet fully understood. Using the client’s art as an interpretive reference point, the art therapist helps the client further explore their feelings, experiences, and perceptions and claim renewed clarity and meaning in their life.
Art is a non-threatening way to visually communicate anything that is too painful to put into words. Often victims of sexual abuse have been lied to, threatened, or misled with words by their abusers or other adults whom they trusted. Words have become misleading and mistrusted and strictly verbal approaches to therapy may meet with more resistance. This is one of the major reasons that many therapists have found that art therapy is actually preferable to verbal therapy in many cases (Richards & Sealover, 1991; Waller, 1992).
For more information regarding art therapy or to locate an art therapist near you contact the American Art Therapy Association Link
Art is a non-threatening way to visually communicate anything that is too painful to put into words. Often victims of sexual abuse have been lied to, threatened, or misled with words by their abusers or other adults whom they trusted. Words have become misleading and mistrusted and strictly verbal approaches to therapy may meet with more resistance. This is one of the major reasons that many therapists have found that art therapy is actually preferable to verbal therapy in many cases (Richards & Sealover, 1991; Waller, 1992).
For more information regarding art therapy or to locate an art therapist near you contact the American Art Therapy Association Link
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