Jan
7
Category: Art therapy |
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Creating art is one way to combat mental illness and many people have actually found it to work for them. Over the last few years, the practice of art therapy has grown so much that it is now even used as a therapy for cancer patients. More and more doctors are now seeing the benefits [...]
Dec
29
Decorating for Health - The Role of Art in Healthcare Facilities
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The role of art in healthcare facilities goes back at least as far as the ancient Egyptians. Apparently aware of the fact that images of nature induce healing, they painted murals of nature in their healing temples, usually with blue ceilings to represent the sky and green floors to represent the earth. Likewise, the Greeks [...]
Dec
20
The Power of Art Healing
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Art healing is a term that is applied to any art form used in healing and is a relatively new concept in western society. Only in the last 20 years have doctors, therapists, and other medical types begun to acknowledge and study the therapeutic effects of creativity and art-creation upon the physical, emotional, and mental [...]
Dec
13
Introduction to Art Therapy
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Art therapy is an established form of psychotherapy which faciliates self expression and self awareness through the use of art materials and the creative process.
Art work becomes a visual expression of the person’ s underlying driving forces, hopes, motivations, fears and blocks.
Art therapists believe that the act of making a piece of art, triggers internal [...]
Nov
6
Recently, I came across an article which describe art therapy quite well. I would like to share it with all of you.
What comes to your mind when you hear the word art therapist? Some people think that an art therapist psychoanalyzes art.
I first became aware of the power of the visual image and art therapy [...]


