What is art therapy?

What is an Art Therapist?

Historical Information

Color meaning

Assessments

Clients

Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses art media as its primary mode of communication.

CLIENTS WHO ARE REFERRED TO AN ART THERAPIST NEED NOT HAVE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OR SKILL IN

ART

THE OVERALL AIM OF ITS PRACTITIONERS IS TO ENABLE A CLIENT TO EFFECT CHANGE AND GROWTH ON A PERSONAL

LEVEL

STRESS OFF

IN A HOSPITAL

IN A PRISON

WHAT IS AN ART THERAPIST?

THE WAYS IN WHICH THEY DO THIS VARY ACCORDING TO THE CLIENT GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL, THE CONTEXT, AND THE

THERAPIST

HISTORICAL INFORMATION

Now several universities offer training in Art Psychotherapy at post graduate level

SPECIFIC COLOR MEANING

SPECIFIC COLOR MEANING

Color: number usedEnclosureLine lengthSpace usage Integration MovementPlacement on the page

RESEARCH ON THE DDS USES CRITERIA THAT INCLUDES THE

FOLLOWING:

THE MANDALA ASSESSMENT RESEARCH INSTRUMENT (MARI)

THIS TEST ASSESSES AND GIVES CLUES TO A PERSON'S PSYCHOLOGICAL PROGRESSIONS

HOUSE–TREE–PERSON (HTP)

THE TEST-TAKER IS ASKED TO DRAW THE HOUSE, TREE, AND PERSON

After the House: Who lives here? Is the occupant happy? What goes on inside the house? What's it like at night? Do people visit the house? What else do the people in the house want to add to the drawing?

After the Tree: What kind of tree is this? How old is the tree? What season is it? Has anyone tried to cut it down? What else grows nearby? Who waters this tree? Trees need sunshine to live so does it get enough sunshine?

After the Person is drawn: who is the person? How old is the person? What do they like and dislike doing? Has anyone tried to hurt them? Who looks out for them?

EXAMPLES OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS:

ROAD DRAWING

"I wish other professionals had pointed this out to me much earlier. Sometimes we are so

involved with something/someone we can't get a handle on it. Art therapy has helped me to deal

with issues that are hard to verbalise. If I'd been helped to understand part of the nature of obsession like this earlier I might not have

wasted so much time"

CLIENTS

THANKS FOR ATTENTION !!!