Why is
art therapy suitable for people who are not suffering from mental illnesses
too?
- It focuses on your “inner experience”.
- It promotes self-understanding.
- It encourages emotional change.
- It inspires personal growth.
Through
the process, you will be able to discover insights about yourself that had gone
unnoticed previously.
As
Cathy Malchiodi, author of The Art
Therapy Sourcebook, puts it:
Art therapy asks you to explore your
inner experience—your feelings, perceptions and imagination. While art therapy
may involve learning skills or art techniques, the emphasis is generally first
on developing and expressing images that come from inside the person, rather
than those he or she sees in the outside world.
Thus,
what you express in your artworks pretty much says something about you.
With
these newly found insights, you can discover an enriched lives and sense of
well-being. This part of living (personal growth) is especially important when
you are communicating with children because children learn by imitating adults.
Let
us enrich ourselves for the children
Recently, Institut CECE organized an Art
Therapy Foundation 3-Day Workshop, and here’s what one of the participants has
got to say:
"Art Therapy is an amazing
course! After attending this course, not only expanded my vision but also
opened my heart and soul. This course can help us to understand more
about ourselves and solve our personal problems too. I hope I can become an Art
Therapist in the future, to help those who are facing problems in their
life."
Due to positive response, this
workshop is back this month. For more information, kindly visit Art Therapy Foundation
3-Day Workshop (13-15 September 2013).
More
reading on similar topics:
- Art Therapy, for Enriched Life (1)
- Colours Stimulate Child’s Brain Development
- 5 Skills Children Can Learn From the Arts
- Montessori and Children Creativity
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