Art Therapy

Art therapy is an expressive therapy, in which client is facilitated by an art therapist, use the creative process of making art to explore their feelings. The art therapists use art media, artwork, self-expression & other expressions to assist clients to understand their emotional conflicts, developing social skills, improving self-esteem, managing addictions, reducing anxiety, and restoring normal functioning for a better life.

Art therapy is influenced by psychoanalysis; art therapists have been inspired by theories such as attachment-based psychotherapy and have developed a broad range of client-centred approaches such as psycho-educational, mindfulness and mentalisation-based treatments, compassion-focused and cognitive analytic therapies, and socially engaged practice.