Types of Art Therapy
Art therapy is a form of
What is expressive therapy?
Art allows portrayal of thoughts and feelings that are difficult to put into words.
What is communication?
Color representing aggression, danger, power, passion, and excitement.
What is red?
This form of art can appeal to the sense of sight & trigger feelings that soothe human emotions.
What is painting, coloring, and/or drawing?
Can help people with memory issues. (it's a disorder)
What is dementia or Alzheimer's disease?
Color representing happiness, energetic, sophistication, change, and stimulation.
What is orange?
The act of taking moments and permanently framing them.
What is photography?
Children with this developmental disorder can benefit from communicating through visual arts, allowing them to process the world in a more open-ended and flexible way.
What is autism?
Color representing calmness, wisdom, loyalty, focus, and gentleness.
What is blue?
Allows people to experiment with texture and touch by molding, shaping, and manipulating.
What is sculpting &/or clay work?
Art therapy has been shown to effectively reduce symptoms of this condition, which often arises from experiencing a distressing event.
What is trauma or PTSD?
Color representing nature, growth, health, money, envy, and harmony.
What is green?
Visual art created by selecting varies images from different sources and arrange them in a pattern.
What is collaging?
This mental health condition can benefit from art therapy as a way to communicate images from hallucinations or misunderstood feelings.
What is schizophrenia?
Color representing laughter, warmth, optimism, happiness, and frustation?
What is yellow?