1. Painting Therapy
Name of the activity-PaintTherapy
improvementof concentrationabilityandpersistence ,reinforcementof self esteem,self-confidence,
and autonomy ,enlargementof capacitytoact,workingoff developmental retardations ,encouragement
of perception,encouragementof sensual motorabilities
Instruction
Spontaneous Painting
for children,whosecreative evolvementforexamplewasrestrictedbyaoverstrictcleanliness
education,spontaneoususe of coloursasundomesticatedmeanforexpression,material:fingercolours,
paste colours,wallpaperpaste,suitable rooms:onlyhere it‘sallowedtosmearwiththe colours ,children
produce theirowntherapeuticpower,if theygetastimulusandif the neededatmosphereisavailable
,newbodyexperience bywayof contactof colourand skin
Draw whatis yourfeelingnow? OrYoucan draw what youwant?
Resource required-Drawingpapersandcoloursforpainting
Mess painting
fastpainting(twominutesperpicture,intotalitycirca10 to 14 pictures),forolderchildrenand
adolescents,hasanequalizingandstimulatingeffect,free,spontaneouspaintingmotionoutof the
shoulderjoints,unhinderedmotions,processorientedpainting:intuitive,holistic,unconscious,material:
newsprintinenormousquantities, waterforcleaningthe brushs,finger,paste ordispersal colours(red,
yellow,green,blue,brown,violet,black,white)
One isthe leaderandregisterthe time andgive the instructonsforthe nextpage.During10 min.10
pagesof small newspaper,shouldbe filledfor80%-90 % withdifferentcolors. For eachpage youhave
1 min.Use free,spontaneouspaintingmotionoutof the shoulderandpreparedwatercolors.
Resource Required-newspapers,watercolors
Group painting of a topic
Improvementof the abilityof Empathy,CooperationandFlexibility,Itisneccesary,toactempathicand
alsoto followthe owninterests,Non-verbal interactionprocessgive the possibilityof regressiv
behaviour,Communicationdeficitsanddevelopmenalretardationscanbe compensated(Wichelhaus,
1991),Less the product,but more the creationprocessisinthe focus.
Please buildgroupsof 4-5persons.Imagine youwillmeetusin20 years.What was happened,about
whatwe can talk?Draw thistogether
Resource Required-drawing papers,paintings

2. Family as animals
Imagine,overnightamagiciancame and charmedyour familyintoanimals.Which
animal iseverybody?
Resource Required-drawing papers, paintings
Paint with music
A specificeffectintraumatherapyisthe productionof a bilateral attentionfocus.The selectionof music
(self chosen) canleadtoan anti-conditionaryeffect.The traumatictopicwillbe associatedwithits
expressionandthe experienceof positivexpiriencedmusic.
Breath and paintingmotion
a possibilityforsettingfree affective congestionsandblockedemotions.verysuitablefor
childrenpaintingmotionsoutof the shoulderjointswithbothhandsmovingawayfromthe navel and
fromthe bodyconnectedwithnoisybreathing.suitable forworkingingroupsaswell.supportsthe
courage to expand.childrendare toexpandwithoutfallingintoachaos.
- 5 min.: Please draw in the rhythm of your breath in circle with a big pencil ! You shouldlistenyour
breath loudly!
- 5 min.:Discussionand interpretationof the feelingsofthe painter.
Resource Required:paste colours and large brushes,tableswith large paper,which is spread with
wallpaper
Painting in forms (Mandelas)-Cral Jung’s mandela
The structure isgivenandthe childformsinthisstructure its individual coloursandcontents.Thegiven
structure isa symbol of safetyandcan supportthe formationof an inner,new structure of information
and actionprocesses.The paintingcanbe connectedwithmusic,canbe realisedascommonpaintingof
some childrenandwithchoice of material.

3. Paintings of Topics
Effectof paintingof a positive experience,wishesandemotions.Effectof aworse experience like a
trauma as basisof processingandintegratingthisexperience (withself chosenmusic).Balance of
positive andnegativeexperience (Sizesof pictures,positionof pictures)Negativeemotionscanfindina
picture a vessel andaboder/limitation.Discussionof the relationof pasture andfuture
Draw your wishesand dreams for your future!
Draw your feelingsina bad situation!
Draw your safe place in the world!
Dialogical Painting
encouragementof the abilitytoempathy,cooperationandflexibilityacceptingeachotherisnecessary
as well asshowingconsiderationandstandingfirmthe owninterestsmutual verbalprocess enablesto
behave regressively.communicationalstructureswere establishedfromthe beginningand
developmental retardations,communicationdisorderscanbe equalized(Wichelhaus,1991).The painter
can learn,that he has the possibilitytoinfluenceactivelyonhisenvironmentandthe partner,butat the
same time it‘snecessarytomatch withcertainenvironmentalconditions the creatingprocessstandsin
the foreground
Two persons create a picture togetherand begintherefore a nonverbal dialogue to establisha
relationshipbetweenbothactors. The dialogue is nonverbal,onlysupported by colors,
forms, and lines,whichcan be joinedinto an analogous motive.
Fantasy Tour
The therapeuticgivesthe external frame,the childfillsitwithitsowncontents,intensificationof the
exercise effectbymeansof painting,drawingandclaywork,inmakingthe fantasiesvisiblespeakingand
workingwiththe childrenare gettingeasierforthe therapeutic.
Fantasy tour (withoptimisticmusic):5 min.: Imaginationof the planningof the tour (To which point
do you want to go? Whichequipmentisnecessary?What can be happenon this tour? What do you
see and experience onthe aimed point?15 min.:Please draw what you imagine about the tour
and the aimedpoint ! 10 min.:Discussionand interpretationofthese paintingsby the painter,the
counselorand other participants.