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1) Improving Communication
Some clients have serious communication problems and find it hard to talk about these issues verbally. Art therapy aims to help people draw on their inner, creative resources to explore personal issues. The therapist analyses the client's art and then elicits deeper interpretations from the client with appropriate questions and support.
2)Emotional Wellbeing
One major purpose of art therapy is the act of healing and getting over one's trauma and stressful experiences. Art can help with emotional, behavioural and mental health issues. It can also provide support to those with learning or physical disabilities, neurological conditions and physical illnesses.
3) Self-awareness
As trust builds between therapist and client, communication can go deeper and explore issues in a strategic way that can help the client learn more about themselves, their complex and confusing emotions and how they can develop new ways of dealing with difficult situations with more positive coping strategies.
4) Creative Expression
Using a wide range of art materials you can create art that reflects your dreams, nightmares, experiences and fears. Clients do not need to have any previous experience or expertise in art.
5)Personal Growth
Qualified art therapists work in a variety of settings, these include:
Below are some testimonials from clients of The British Assocation of Art Therapists (BAAT)
"I had so much benefit... real lasting benefits that I' ve been able to carry on with on my own, like a new way of doing things and different methods of coping. I think I got more from it than I ever thought possible."
"I don't feel a prisoner of my depression any more. I can't tell you how much that means. I'd rather die than go through another dark time like the last one. But this has given me a new way of being shown a different way of coping with being me."
"It's had a profound impact. I consider this to be the most successful thing that has happened in my mental health history. I have taken away what I did there and used it."
Further information can be found at www.baat.org/
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One major purpose of art therapy is the act of healing and getting over one's trauma and stressful experiences. Art can help with emotional, behavioural and mental health issues. It can also provide support to those with learning or physical disabilities, neurological conditions and physical illnesses.
3) Self-awareness
As trust builds between therapist and client, communication can go deeper and explore issues in a strategic way that can help the client learn more about themselves, their complex and confusing emotions and how they can develop new ways of dealing with difficult situations with more positive coping strategies.
4) Creative Expression
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5)Personal Growth
Art therapists work with children, young people, adults and the elderly. It's emotionally restorative benefits enable clients to develop life skills,
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- psychiatry
- learning disabilities
- special and mainstream education
- the social services
- prisons.
Below are some testimonials from clients of The British Assocation of Art Therapists (BAAT)
"I had so much benefit... real lasting benefits that I' ve been able to carry on with on my own, like a new way of doing things and different methods of coping. I think I got more from it than I ever thought possible."
"I don't feel a prisoner of my depression any more. I can't tell you how much that means. I'd rather die than go through another dark time like the last one. But this has given me a new way of being shown a different way of coping with being me."
"It's had a profound impact. I consider this to be the most successful thing that has happened in my mental health history. I have taken away what I did there and used it."
Further information can be found at www.baat.org/
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