It is hard to identify who developed art therapy because human history has intertwined with art as far back as 30,000 BCE (Perdew, 2015, p. 14) and it is widely accepted that art evokes emotion whether it is from the observer or from the artist who uses it to portray their own emotions and perspective of the world through their art. However, the term Art Therapy can be attributed to Adrian Hill in 1942, an artist who used art with other patients when recovering from tuberculosis in a British sanatorium (Hogan, 2001, p. 29). He continued to practice Art Therapy after seeing successes with other patients and after being discharged from the hospital (Hogan, 2001, p. 29). Netherence, a psychiatric hospital in Britian, employed Adrian Hill as the first official art therapist 1946 (Bitonte, 2014, p. 1)
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Silence during art therapy takes on a different role because during those moments of verbal silence the client is often using another art to communicate with the practioner such as drawing, dancing or music (Regev, 2016). Art therapy allows for the client to have multiple periods of silence during a session. The first period of silence is before the creative process and is often when the client is contemplating and gathering their thoughts in regards to the reason for the therapy session (Regev, 2016).. The next period of silence occurs during the creative process while the client to help gain a deeper connection with their creative side (Regev, 2016).. The next two periods of silence are ones of contemplation and absorption. Once the client looks at the whole picture for the first time they may take a moment to contemplate what they have created and then after the therapist asks them some questions and they discuss the art the client make take a moment of silence to absorb the information from the session (Regev,
Art as a form of therapy existed …show more content…
Silence during art therapy takes on a different role because during those moments of verbal silence the client is often using another art to communicate with the practioner such as drawing, dancing or music (Regev, 2016). Art therapy allows for the client to have multiple periods of silence during a session. The first period of silence is before the creative process and is often when the client is contemplating and gathering their thoughts in regards to the reason for the therapy session (Regev, 2016).. The next period of silence occurs during the creative process while the client to help gain a deeper connection with their creative side (Regev, 2016).. The next two periods of silence are ones of contemplation and absorption. Once the client looks at the whole picture for the first time they may take a moment to contemplate what they have created and then after the therapist asks them some questions and they discuss the art the client make take a moment of silence to absorb the information from the session (Regev,