When you have a structured art therapy class, meaning someone leads the group and gives you prompts which somehow opens things up. Thats why going to a real art therapist is important..anyone can give you prompts on what to write about or what to draw but a therapist in this genre knows key words or statements to make to get to the core of a person to help them heal. You dont have to be an artist, its what this therapy helps get out...the stuff locked up inside.