Art Therapy is a client centered therapeutic modality used to guide self development via creative expression in a safe and supportive environment.
Creative Expression & Meaning Making...
is a powerful combination that allows children to safely process their experiences, build resilience and discover their potential.
Practising Art Therapy fosters Neuroplasticity.
Art Therapy helps children by stimulating new ways of seeing, feeling and thinking. The insight gained through creative expression and new perception can provide a pathway to improved health and wellbeing.
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‘Neuroplasticity in regions of the brain that control emotions, the stress response, cognitions and empathic responses contributes to psychological wellbeing (Farb, Segal, & Anderson, 2013)
There is a distinct relationship between neuroscience, art making and transformation.
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‘Sensory, perceptual, emotional, cognitive processing, memory-coding and retrieval are neurobiological functions that are involved in, support and underpin the generation of imagery. Imagery incorporates all senses: visual, kinesthetic, tactile, auditory, and olfactory. Generation of and engagement with imagery contributes to sub-cortical and cortical functions.
The whole art therapy experience allows for processing and integration across the three main brain regions and the more connections that are made the heavier and more resilient the brain becomes.’
(Art Therapy & The Neuroscience of Relationships, Creativity and Resiliency Hass Cohen Findlay)
Art Therapy can help kids with...
...and can lead to the following outcomes
