What is Art Therapy?
THE AMERICAN ART THERAPY ASSOCIATION’S DEFINITION
“Art Therapy is an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship.
Art Therapy, facilitated by a professional art therapist, effectively supports personal and relational treatment goals as well as community concerns. Art Therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensory-motor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change.”
Art therapy is conducted in a safe and confidential environment where clients are invited to use different art medium to explore their feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior and addictions, develop social skills, improve reality orientation, reduce anxiety, and increase self-esteem.
Artistic skill is not required to gain benefit from art therapy services. Art Therapy involves exploring one’s challenges and strengths through the creative process, with a Master’s level art therapist present to guide the sessions and help process the artworks and feelings that arise. Self expression though art is like exploring and viewing oneself from a different angle. It allows us to see ourselves more objectively and can provide an outlet and a space to explore difficult emotions and experiences that we find hard to put into words.
藝術治療能幫助那些人？
藝術治療法可以幫助兒童，青少年和成年人探索並了解他們的感受。 此外，它還可以幫助管理/減輕壓力，焦慮，沮喪，並應對身體或精神殘疾，進而可以提高自尊心。 研究也就藝術治療對腦退化症及阿爾茨海默氏病有正面幫助，因為它可以刺激感覺並減慢記憶流失的速戈廿水。
Learning Disorder
ADHD/ Autism
Social Skills
Anger Management
Anxiety and Stress Reduction
Divorce/ Separation
Adjustment Issue
Domestic Violence
Children Art Therapy
Eating Disorder/ Body Image
Anxiety and Depression
Addiction/ Cyber Addiction
Social Skills
Relationship
Stress Management
Teens and Adults Art Therapy
Chronic illness
Cancer Care
Physical and mental disability
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease
End-of-Life Care
Grief and Bereavement
Medical Art Therapy
Domestic Violence
Disaster Relief
PTSD