Art Therapy
What is art therapy?
Art therapy is a form of therapy that uses art as a means to deal if psychological problems. It can be used in mixed with other forms of therapy like group therapy and cognitive-behavior therapy. Some of the form it takes are:
- carving
- collage
- digital art
- doodling
- drawing
- finger painting
- painting
- photography
- pottery
- scribbling
- sculpture
- textiles
- writing
What are the benefits?
The great thing about art therapy is that it transcends language barriers. It can be used as treatments for things that are too difficult to talk about or with people that do not know how to talk or communicate with others in a way that is easily understood. Participation in art can also increase serotonin, which can help patents feel more at ease, helping them to communicate better. It also increases a person’s self worth and confidence as well as get insights into their own personal issues.
Art therapy is useful in dealing it a wide variety of problems. In essence, it is about self discovery and expressing one’s self, so it can be useful in all kinds situations, including but not limited to the examples listed below. For those that may be curious, here is a link to “Villawood,” a comic about an immigration center that has a lot of people using art therapy to cope with the problems they face as immigrants and refugees.
- abuse
- addiction
- abuse
- aging and geriatric issues
- anxiety
- brain injuries
- depression
- eating disorder
- emotional difficulties
- learning disabilities (like autism)
- terminal illness (like cancer)
- mental health problems
- PTSD
- psychosocial issues
- relationship issues
- stress
- trauma
Music Therapy
MUSIC THERAPY
What are the benefits?
Music Therapy can be a great way to detoxify from all of the negativity emotion. It improves moods, strengthens your coping skills, relieves stress and anxiety as well as encourages emotional expression. One is the most obvious way of using music therapy is to help with insomnia. You know when you cant fall asleep and you turn on music to lulls you to sleep? Well that is considered music therapy too.
What is it effective for?
Music therapy is known to the effective for several conditions. including but not limited to:
Autism spectrum disorders
Behavioral disorders
Cardiovascular disease
Developmental delays and learning disabilities
insomnia
PTSD
Schizophrenia
speech disorder
Stroke, brain injury, and neurological disorders
Substance disorder
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