WHAT IS ART THERAPY?

 Art therapy uses art and visual materials to assist communication through the images created.  It is

a therapeutic  tool and may be used with other therapeutic modalities.

Art Therapy offers a safe contained holding space in which a person can  process  emotional issues, deal with day to day matters, or clear a creative block.

Using meditation and art combined often helps to express more easily the sometimes unattainable yet simple act of self expression

 

Art Therapy can help deal with issues of depression, grief, separation and eating disorders,  help clarify  concerns or find new direction in life.

Art like meditation invites introspection to the voice of the Self . The language of visual art, colours,  shapes, lines and images, speaks to us in ways which  words sometimes cannot.

  Art Therapy can help to create a personal space to look at what concerns you, clarify issues,     express feelings,   deal with anger, fear or criticism,  learn to say no,  gain information
understand the way the past may be influencing your present life
understand your dreams, 

understand and manage flashbacks, cravings or physical symptoms
observe and manage  moods,  discover new aspects of yourself,  gain confidence
support your creativity,  see relationships from a different perspective,  appreciate and use your own resources

envisage new possibilities

make decisions and practice new ways of being and communicating

 

 

 

 

Art contributes to a fine balance within the therapeutic relationship attending to more aspects of a personality than would otherwise  be accessible in a spoken therapy. Art Therapy is a therapeutic studio experience, based on a creative frame of reference that parallels the psychotherapeutic journey. Working in the imaginal realm allows access to the unconscious, more directly than by means of verbal communication.  When an image is brought to life and explored it becomes an act of the unfolding of the Self, the “real” and creative Self. 

 

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