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  1. The History of Art Therapy. During the classical period of art therapy, the 1940’s to the 1970’s, mental health professionals from psychiatrists, analysts, social workers, psychologists, and counselors contributed to writing about the value of art therapy. The early days of art therapy saw researchers seeking knowledge from psychology and ...

  2. Oct 8, 2024 · Evolution of Art Therapy Techniques. Art therapy began in the early 20th century. Psychiatrists and psychologists recognized the healing power of creative expression. They used drawing and painting as tools for understanding patients’ emotions and experiences.

    • Person-Centered Therapy
    • Gestalt Therapy
    • Narrative
    • Solution-Focused Therapy
    • Other

    In person-centered therapy, an emphasis is placed on empathy and positive regard for the client. The therapist accepting the client as valued is paramount to the client accepting themselves and establishing their sense of worth. As the client experiences an increase in their self-worth, they will be encouraged to grow in their own personal developm...

    Gestalt Psychotherapy contains a mix of philosophical underpinnings along with scientific rigour that has been revised and developed from Freud’s psychoanalytic methods. Gestalt therapy places an emphasis on personal responsibility, the individual’s experience in the moment, as well as the social environment of the person’s life. A therapist using ...

     Through narrative therapy, the client is able to express their personal story. The therapist is able to listen to the meaning behind how the story is told in order to determine what the client thinks about their potential for change. The narrative motto is: “the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem”. This motto encourages the cli...

    Solution-focused therapy highlights the importance of solutions instead of focusing on the problems or symptoms that brought the client to your practice. There is less focus on past experiences and more focus on the present and the future. The therapist and client work together to formulate a future vision for the client and then determine the seri...

     1. CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) – explores the thoughts, feelings and behaviour of the client. Often the client will repeat patterns of behaviour based on perceptions about aspects of their life. 2. ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) 3. DBT(dialectal behaviour therapy) 4. Behavioural therapy

  3. Nov 19, 2019 · The potential for art to be used as more than just a gateway into the mind, but as a treatment tool was beginning to be recognized. During the 1940's to 1970's, Margaret Naumburf began organizing the expressive arts into therapy as we know it -- she is often referred to as the Mother of Art Therapy. With her influence, some of the first formal ...

  4. Art therapy is an interdisciplinary mix of visual arts and psychology. In the United States, it dates from the 1940s when Margaret Naumburg (called by many the "mother of art therapy") began publishing clinical cases and, in 1943, gave a name to the new field by calling her work "dynamically oriented art therapy." The term "art therapy" was used in England as far back as the 1930s (Waller ...

  5. May 13, 2015 · Abstract. An introduction to art therapy pioneers Margaret Naumburg and Edith Kramer as they relate to Freud and his theory of psychoanalysis. Content uploaded by Michelle Tobin.

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  7. It was later in the 1900’s when art therapy began to emerge as a professional discipline. Art therapy became more wide spread and common-place in the second half of the 1900’s when colleges and universities began offering various degree programs in art therapy. By the end of the twentieth century art therapy was being used to help countless ...