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art therapy

noun

  1. a type of psychotherapy that encourages the expression of emotions through artistic activities such as painting, drawing, or sculpture; psychotherapy based on the belief that the creative process involved in the making of art is healing and life-enhancing.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of art therapy1

First recorded in 1940–45
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On a recent Saturday afternoon, at an art therapy event at Pasadena City Church, 11-year-old Eleanor Norman sat at a table and dipped her brush into the watercolors in front of her to paint a picture: a bright red phoenix flying over a pink sunset.

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Both programs also offered complementary therapies such as psychoeducation, anger management, medication management and art therapy, among others.

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He is popular for art therapy, often joins the staff and guests at dinner, and one guest even composed a song for him.

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The war, now in its third year, was only months old when, one by one, Koshtura and others spotted fliers posted by Yehorov, who worked in children’s art therapy at a local film school: Actors wanted.

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A recent study from Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions explored a new way to ease the transition with an art therapy intervention to address the health needs of overweight, postmenopausal women.

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