ART THERAPY

First I want you to know that there is no right or wrong way to make art in art therapy. You have permission to “screw it up.” You don’t need to make your art pretty, precise, or even understand what appears before you. In fact, more interesting things sometimes arise from the strangest or ugliest pieces! The goal of using the arts and visual materials in therapy is not necessarily to create something you would display, (although you might.) The purpose of art therapy is to tap into different parts of the brain using the imagination, metaphor, and images to gain new perspectives and solve problems in new ways. We can certainly also create something beautiful as part of art therapy, but it’s not the only way to work. You don’t need to think of yourself as a “creative” person in order to benefit from art therapy.