What is art therapy?

Art Therapy combines visual art and psychotherapy in a creative process using the created image as a foundation for self-exploration and understanding.

Thoughts and feelings often reach expression in images rather than in words. Through the use of art therapy, feelings and inner conflicts can be projected into visual form. In the creative act, conflict is re-experienced, resolved and integrated.

Art therapy can be used with individuals, groups, or families as either a primary or adjunctive therapeutic mode in clinical, educational and rehabilitative settings. People of all ages can benefit from art therapy and previous art experience is unnecessary as the focus is on personal expression.

More information at: http://bcarttherapy.com/bcata