Art Therapy Explained: How Creativity Supports Mental Health
Art therapy spans a variety of approaches, all of which use creativity to externalize the internal process and engage the brain-body connection through sensory feedback. Studio art therapy offers a human-centered and intuitive approach to art making within a therapeutic context
Creative Acceptance: How Art Therapy Enhances ACT’s Core Principles
Combining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with art therapy can be a powerful way to help people heal and grow. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that align with personal values. Art therapy uses creative expression to explore inner experiences. Using these approaches together offers a mindful blend of meaning making and individual self-expression.
Integrating DBT: Dialectics as explored through art therapy
Exploring Dialectical Behavioral Therapy through art therapy. What is a dialectic, and how can we better understand this philosophy through interaction with images and myths?
Therapy Dog Interventions Shown to Reduce Stress Hormones in Children
A randomized controlled study provides crucial evidence that therapy dog interventions can successfully reduce stress (as reflected in decreased cortisol levels) in school aged children. What are other clinical implications for animal-assisted-interventions on children’s learning and wellbeing?
Practicing DBT mindfulness skills through drawing: an Art Therapy perspective
How can the process of contour drawing help us to learn and apply essential mindfulness skills as practiced in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)?