Art Therapies- What Are They And How Can They Help?

What are Arts Therapies?

Arts therapies are a way of using the arts in counseling sessions. 

In therapy- music, art, dance, or drama is used in a therapeutic environment with a trained therapist. 

In arts therapy, your therapist/ counselor helps you to express yourself by creating something such as a drawing, painting, clay sculpture, or a play for example. 

 

  This activity can help you express your feelings often without using words. This is very helpful in the therapeutic process.

I implement arts therapy with my clients and it has proved to be very helpful.

 Reference: Mind.org


 Art therapies can also help some mental illness. It can help to: 

• manage behavior
• reduce stress
• develop interpersonal skills
• increase self-esteem
• increase self-awareness

Art therapists can also help address:

• emotional difficulties related to disability or illness
• trauma and loss
• post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• physical problems
• cognitive problems
• neurological problems
• Reference: Art Therapy Blog 

                                    By Diane Gammon M.S.  

                    Clinical Mental Health Counselor                Now open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays