Art is often linked to obscurity and confusion; we turn naturally to creativity as a remedy to express our unease or a tortured mind. Artistic creativity, in mental health, alleviate major symptoms such as depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Autism, Schizophrenia, mental disorder as many antipsychotics contribute to poor quality of life and have debilitating adverse effects. These findings suggest that art therapy can not only be served as a useful therapeutic method to assist patients to open up and share their feelings, views, and experiences, but also as an auxiliary treatment for diagnosing diseases to help medical specialists obtain complementary information different from conventional tests. 😊🌿🌟
The intense desire for closeness and a marked dependency on others are often accompanied by difficulty expressing anger for fear of losing the love and support that others might provide. Disruptions in interpersonal relationships often result in exaggerated attempts to maintain those relationships.
Images are forms of nonverbal communication, and therapists are often curious whether, it is possible to interpret the artwork of their clients. Art therapists conduct both basic and applied art therapy research and clinical studies. The drawing page serves as a canvas upon which the subject may sketch a glimpse of his or her inner world, traits, attitudes, behavioural characteristic, personality type, and anger.
The approach is a permanent invitation to explore the changes that can arise from the repetition of the same practice or denominator. It is not a question, then, of exercising an "intellectual" interest in order to increase knowledge, but rather of deploying a phenomenological curiosity, that is to say without any particular expectation other than to live each experience as fully and consciously as possible.
We can also distinguish the individualistic or differential approach. This is to take into account the fact that, faced with the same difficulties, everyone does not necessarily have the same feelings, the same needs or the same desires. This designate the relationship of trust and collaboration that will be established between each other. This relationship of cooperation is the basis on which a project established in common is carried out, where everyone has their share of responsibility and singularity.
Art therapy promotes a positive and humanistic vision of Man, capable of overcoming the obstacles he encounters thanks to his inner resources, which must sometimes be unlocked. And it is art, as a medium, that will play this role in the face of blockage, even if there is only one intermediary left.