How Art Therapy Can Contribute To The Healing Process

By Deborah Murphy


There are so many different types of programs that therapists offer, and each one of these is unique to the individual. It can help one based on what they are suffering from or their particular personality. A lot of people will benefit hugely from the creative process. Neuroscience has proven that art therapy has been helping both adults and children improve in a big way.

This can especially relate to those people who have trouble expressing themselves with words. It may be difficult to establish trust or to get the communicative process going with someone new. However, this also relates to those people who have been abused and have a big block. Using some form of art can be therapeutic and allow one to express theirselves in a non-verbal manner.

There are many reasons why someone may struggle to express themselves. Sometimes they have trust issues because of a bad experience from the past. They may have been abandoned or neglected so it is difficult to know who to trust. This is especially true of children. This also relates to those folk who have been abused in their life and they simply can't talk about their ordeal.

This can also apply to those at a drug clinic. Very often a program is designed with variety and having a therapy program like this is definitely something to look forward to. Addicts will be able to have a sense of freedom as they express what is on they heart and release their rage, for example.

This will also be a safety net for the patient. A therapist who is working with someone who has suicide thoughts always has to work on what is safe in their lives and this will bring them back to reality, and out of the negative mode. It has been proven by working in this creative process, the two parts of the brain start to do the healing work. This is something that talk therapy can't do.

A psychologist may refer their patient to a therapist should they feel that they are not progressing in therapy during the talk progress method. For some patients, talking about their problems is useful, but not everyone is able to do this. Research show that the brain benefits from the creative process and this is especially true where memories have been forgotten about. The two sides of the brain start to reconnect.

A therapist like this can specialize in a variety of locations, such as in hospitals, clinics, drug rehabs or schools. Many of them have their own private practice where they will give patients more individualized attention. However, sometimes it is also nice for folks to have social interaction, especially for someone who does not get out a lot due to their disorder.

Children also struggle to talk about certain issues and find that this can be helpful in schools. A psychologist may refer them to someone who can help them with this type of therapy. It is not only drawing and painting that they will be involved in. Often there is more of a variety and this is something to look forward to. Working with different textures can also help the brain and the mind in this process.




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