Recently, I happened upon a review of book whose title implied it would teach the reader a number of art therapy “techniques” with a specific population. The reviewer was not an art therapist, but an ...

Creating a comfortable space for art therapy is important. Pick a quiet corner where you can sit comfortably without being ...

Have you ever caught yourself doodling during a work meeting and realized it actually made you feel calmer? As it turns out, creativity actually has healing powers. That’s why there’s a whole ...

Coral Springs Museum of Art introduces Art Therapy for veterans and teens, led by Art Therapist Alicia Ballestas.

For most people, our creative lives end with our formal arts education in high school. “What happens is people grow up and they think they’re not creative, and so they cut themselves off from this ...

“While a mental health therapist will use words with a patient to express thoughts and emotions, here we are using the process of making art,” Ballestas said. “Sometimes a patient does know how they ...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Nine-year-old TJ Bell squeezes into the gray armchair so that he's cheek to cheek with his mother. Together, they read his list of the pros and cons of fighting, the problem that ...

Girija Kaimal receives funding from the national Endowment for the Arts, Drexel University, Department of Defense, Johns Hopkins University and the Prasad Family Foundation. When you think about the ...

Recently, I happened upon a review of book whose title implied it would teach the reader a number of art therapy “techniques” with a specific population. The reviewer was not an art therapist, but an ...