Working with this group of people, I was amazed not only at the high level of work produced but also the profound healing and huge boost to the participants confidence and overall wellbeing that the process of creating art promoted.
In this blog article, one of our students shares a personal account of being stranded in Myanmar.
In this blog article, medical art therapy is reviewed by a medical practitioner!
In this blog article, one of our students shares a personal account of working through cancer treatment.
Art therapy has been around before cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), but it rarely gets acknowledged in the Australian professional literature and certainly not on mainstream TV. Until now. The ABC has bravely moved forward with its most recent show, Space 22—an attempt to showcase the value and power of art therapy to a wider population. Wisely, […]
Art therapy is often imagined as a kind of creative playground. The therapist supervises a process that is quite therapeutic in its own way, but it often has little bearing on concrete outcomes. Art therapy, however, can be much more than that. It can alter core beliefs or schemas that often underpin lifelong troublesome ways […]
In this blog article, one of our students explores the difference between art ‘as’ therapy and art ‘in’ therapy.
Building a trusting relationship is at the forefront of any anxiety therapy. This is supported by recent research findings that indicate that perhaps all mental health disorders are impacted greatly by dysfunctional relationships and this seems especially true for anxiety disorders. To put it simply, anxiety work is relationship work; it’s not just exposure work and medication […]
Family therapy and family art therapy has been around since the 1940s. From the mid-1980s to the present, the field has been marked by a diversity of approaches. While each approach tends to reflect the original schools, they also draw on other theories and methods. There was a strong influence on family therapy and family […]
The greatest difficulty for any adult seeking to establish a relationship with a young person is the teen’s resistance to authority and lack of trust in the adult world. This stage of adolescent development is normal, but it works against the traditional forms of verbal therapy. Art therapy can be effective for youth as they […]