What is art therapy?
The goal of art therapy is to manage psychological disorders by incorporating various art forms.
Types of creative therapy are:
- Dance therapy;
- Drama therapy;
- Music therapy;
- Writing therapy and more.
The goal of art therapy is for the patient to express his feelings, thoughts, pain, future plans with the help of art.
Art therapy improves social skills, raises self-esteem, helps the patient to cope with a stressful situation more effectively, to express his emotions with a poem or a picture.
In art therapy, the patient has the opportunity to use different types of methods:
- Sculpture
- Drawing
- Photography;
- Coloring
- Create a collage and more.
Art therapy is effective in treating and managing symptoms of the following conditions:
- Age disorders;
- Anxiety
- Cancer
- Depression;
- Eating disorder;
- Emotional difficulties;
- Family or personal relationship problems;
- Psychological symptoms formed on the background of any disease;
- Post-traumatic stress disorder;
- Stress and more.
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