Art therapy

share all of the details with the subjects because it may cause them to change their behavior on purpose, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the experiment measuring what it set out to measure. To avoid informing the youth offenders that the art therapy program is only administered to half of the sample group and is an experiment, I would effectively debrief them after the fact, in this instance it would be after a one-year gap of release, as some, if any, of the recidivism would take pace…

I have come to know the participant’s in this dissertation throughout ten years of mentoring and facilitating Applied Ecopsychology and three years mentoring and facilitating Eco-Art Therapy courses. In this dissertation, we follow the transformational life of a Participant A, who has shared the process of learning and developing with the GreenWave alongside numerous other participants’ who all have had remarkable experiences in life. Participant A's life story is extraordinary and provides…

When I was accepted to San Jose State University (SJSU) I intended to pursue a career in art therapy with a focus in child development. I always had an aptitude for art and I wanted to incorporate that into a career that allowed me to help people. I took classes, such as Child Psychology, Psychology of the Adolescent, Chad, Multicultural Art/Children, etc., in order to pursue a career in that field. Additionally, I began working at elementary schools, such as Carden Day School, Monroe Middle…

have a great interest in artistry, in community service, and in the sciences, specifically psychology. This profession will satisfy all of these three major interests of mine. Even artistry will be satisfied through this profession because of the art therapy program that will be involved with my behavioral health treatment center. I would like to work therapeutically with people of all ages. The training I have completed through the Academy for Education and Learning has helped me learn many…

Art-based Therapy To decrease the rate of 28 day re-admissions in the Cramond Clinic (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) from 13.7% to 5% within twelve months using an arts-based program. To encompass a clinical governance framework for this project, all pillars extenuating the significance of accountability for improving consumer safety, quality and effectiveness within a health service will be discussed with relevance to the implications of an art-based therapy intervention (ACSQHC 2010; ANMC 2016).…

Art Therapy as a Healing Tool for Sub-fertile Women, an 11-page summary of multiple studies completed by the Hamilton Health Science Centre for Reproductive Care, is about the effects of art therapy on infertile women. This study used questionnaires and art therapy to help relieve participants’ anxiety and depression. The participants in the experiment were twenty-one women with a mean age of 35.7 and a duration of sub-fertility of 64 months. The women were organized into groups of three…

anxious, overall, I would say that the first group did very well. One of those presentations, “Art Therapy”, presented by Jennifer Hudak, was really interesting. I really liked this one. I think this topic contained useful information to people who feel curious about this field. Her presentation was about her researches, and the advantages of art therapy including definitions and the history of art therapy was teaching in school. This paper will focus on why I thought Hudak’s presentation…

My family and my friends are incredible support me when I shared my thought to study the course of the expressive arts therapy. They encourage and pursue me to do what you love and what you want. They agreed that I found the right way to study and develop as a career for the rest of my life. They think I am a person who is full of passion in arts as well as its integrated arts as a healing tool for people in the community. In addition, one of my sisters who are a pharmacist, she is…

Art Material and its Therapeutic effects Clay is a versatile art material. In this paper, “Clay-work” is defined as the overall process and outcome of the process, from handling, manipulating, and modeling clay to the final artwork. Several types of clay are commonly used in art therapy. (1) Clay is natural art material, which consists of organic content. It is reusable even when dry. (2) Air-dry clay hardens and becomes stronger with time. Baking or firing is not needed for air-dry clay, and it…

group, the idea of Art therapy is excellent as Art Therapy is “the purposeful use of visual arts materials and media in intervention, counselling, psychotherapy, and rehabilitation; it is used with individuals of all ages, families, and groups” (Malchiodi, 2012). Students will be encouraged to express themselves and their feelings using art, and individually draw what is remembered.…