“The task of therapy is not to eliminate suffering but to give a voice to it, to find a form in which it can be expressed. Expression is itself transformation; this is the message that art brings. The therapist then would be an artist of the soul, working with sufferers to enable them to find the proper container for their pain, the form in which it would be embodied.” Stephen K. Levine. Art therapy is becoming a strong alternative to “regular” talk therapy because it allows for another channel to be reached in an individual. Through the use of art media, different areas of the brain can be touched, while also contained, and can give both the art therapist and the client more insight to who this individual really is. It is this writer’s opinion
