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Hi I am a UK user. I refused art therapy back in the day. I had a breakdown at only 18 and the doctor offered me art therapy. I wasn't ready at the time.
I see that there are private independent therapists. With a private person I can book one lesson every month or on my own terms. I can gauge how many I need myself, when I need a break and when I need to stop. How does a person know when it is safe to rip off the band aid? Would it help to do art alongside psychotherapy? I have an app. to discuss therapy in seven weeks, with the hospital. Does art distract us from real life or is it a representation of it? |
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Dear Lunatyc,
I was helped by art therapy. I think the ability to transmute feelings into beauty is very cathartic. Lately I have found it even more meaningful as I have been isolated due to the SARS-COvid-19 virus. During a period when I was hospitalized for severe depression, I had about two weeks of art therapy. Don't remember if it was the "therapy" that helped or just working with the my hands and imagination. Sorry I cannot be helpful to you. I hope others here will see your post and respond with comments that are really helpful to you! Sincerely yours, Yao Wen |
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I guess I could do art at home since I know how to paint. I have been watching videos on Gouache. It suits my style of painting as it has properties of acrylic painting and watercolour. I can paint portraits. I have been drawing abstract pieces with watercolour pens lately. Not so much mess and fuss as painting. I could post some of my drawings in the creative section. When in rehab I dipped in and out of adult colouring books, Millie Marotta's with gel pens.
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Doing any form of art can be relaxing. Art Therapy is on another level and in my short experience of this, can access emotions that you arent aware of. It can help you gain a better understanding and find solutions. Very releasing. It is beyond just drawing/painting.
Finding a good trained Art Therapist may help you. Might even amaze you. Having an artistic will only enhance the experience. |
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Psychotherapy is said to work best only when a person is intelligent. The same is most likely true with art therapy. Both aim to make the unconscious conscious. Abstract artists are the best at using pure emotion as a driving force for their artwork. My art work was described as expressionist.
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I think its called mindfulness and you just colour in pictures or make something out of clay I love colouring in pictures and it does calm me down .
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