ARTHIST 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Art Therapy, Systematic Desensitization, Reinforcement
24 Sep 2018
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Art therapy is composed of art and psychotherapy, where the art therapist provides techniques, subject matter, media and free choices which are pertinent to the changing needs and therapeutic goals of the client. 4 areas an art therapist needs to know: Art therapy allows for non-verbal components, tangible results that are not easily forgotten. The actual process of creating the art itself creates dialogue with itself. Its power comes from bringing order out of chaotic feelings and impulses. Freudian based, to make the unconscious, conscious . Art therapy based on recognition of feelings/thoughts in the unconscious through imagery similar to dreams. Spontaneous art images can deal with dream material, fantasies, daydreams, memories, fears, conflicts. Goals: (1) uncover repressed material (2)help patient to gain insight into the meaning of his behaviour in his art. The image making process enables another side of personality to surface. The art has the life of its own.
