creative Art therapies

1. REATIVE ART THERAPIES
Presented by:
Muhammad Musawar
Ali
MPHIL, ICAP
Psychmmusawarali@g
mail.com 1

2. HISTORY
 expressive arts therapy began around
1970 at the Leslie College Graduate
School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 Paolo Knill, 1984 founded
International Network of Expressive
Arts Therapy Training Centers
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3. ASSOCIATIONS
 The development of creative arts therapy has been
rapid, taking place within the last 40 or 50 years
 American Art Therapy Association
 Association for Dance and Movement
Psychotherapy
 United Kingdom National Association for Drama
Therapy
 American Music Therapy Association 3

4. CENTRAL THEME
 Based on the concept of “The Creative Connection” (N.
Rogers, 1993/2000) suggests:
 Psychological safety
 Empathy, Unconditional Positive Regard,
Genuineness
 Psychological freedom of expressions
 Offering stimulating and challenging experiences
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5. DEFINITION
Expressive art refers to:
 using the emotional,
spontaneous aspect of
ourselves in various media
 discovering ourselves through
any art form that comes from
an emotional fullness
 the process of creation rather
the product being made
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6. CONDITIONS TREATED
 Neurodevelopmental
disabilities
 Eating disorders
 Anxiety
 Depression
 Posttraumatic stress
 Chronic medical illnesses
 Social challenges
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7. TECHNIQUES / TYPES
 Art therapy
 Dance movement therapy / music
therapy
 Drama therapy
 Poetry therapy
 Journal writing
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8. ART THERAPY
 Intuitive painting
 without pre-planning -
delves below your social
presentation to help you
discover what you
authentically need to
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9. ART THERAPY
 Spontaneous drawing
 invite information from
your unconscious mind
that needs to be loved and
integrated
 also provide a cathartic
release of emotions
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10. BODY MOVEMENT/ DANCE THERAPY
 to help individuals grow and to interrelate
psychological and physiological processes
through movement or dance with a piece
of music
 exaggeration, in which clients are
encouraged to exaggerate a movement,
such as a shrug of the shoulder
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11. DRAMA THERAPY
 facilitates the client’s ability to
tell his/her story
 solve problems, set goals,
express feelings appropriately,
extend the depth and breadth
of inner experience
 improve interpersonal skills
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12. POETRY THERAPY
 poetry writing is not to write
clever poetry, but to roam,
feeling free to express anything
that comes to your mind
 Lean into what feels forbidden for
you to say
 Express what is unique, free &
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13. BENEFITS
 Nonverbal expression of inner self
 increased self-esteem
 improved social interaction
 Imagination
 Creativity and problem solving
 Emotional intelligence
 Concentration and focus
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14. BENEFITS
 Coordination between left and right
hemisphere.
 left-hemisphere functioning involves
sequential and logical processing
 right-hemisphere processing, is likely
to be emotional in flavor
 Improvement in the seeking system; the
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15. CRITICISM
Not structured way of therapy
It is not clear whether healing occurs from the creative
process or if it is due to positive interactions with the
therapist
lack of empirical evidence in support of the effectiveness
of the approach is a concern
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