Art therapy is a process of assisting people to heal and express themselves through art. Art therapists work in various settings, including hospitals, schools, prisons, and private practice.
Art therapy is the use of visual or performance arts to help individuals or groups work through their emotions and healing process. It can be done with individuals or groups who have emotional issues such as anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma.
Art therapy is a popular treatment for mental illnesses such as depression that require clients to build up their self-esteem as well as other treatments that are not able to provide quick results for their patients.
When working with patients in an art therapy session the art therapist takes care of what the client needs emotionally during the session and gets feedback from them about how they felt during it afterwards so that they
Art therapists use various techniques such as drawing, painting, sculpting, collage, or designing to help patients express themselves through their work. They might also focus on different areas of the body such as feet or hands if that is where someone has difficulty expressing themselves emotionally or psychologically.