The Art Therapy (aka Art Psychotherapy) Profession is State Registered by the Health Professions
Council.
Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy in which art and image-making play a central role within the
therapeutic relationship. In the three-way process between person, image and therapist the art media
acts as the primary form of communication; the person and the image-making process (rather than the
product) being most important. ‘The overall aim of art therapy is to enable a client to change and grow
at a personal level through the use of art materials in a safe and facilitating environment’. (British
Association of Art Therapists)
For me, one of the key elements to come from this paper is what I have mentioned above. This idea that art therapy is a three-way process between person, image and therapist. The art media acts as the primary form of communication; the person and the image-making process (rather than the product) being most important. In many ways this statement underpins my motivation to choose the line of study that I am doing. It has been evident overt the past weeks that in my weekly art meetings that each person communicates in their own way, and they do this through different tools and media, but most important, it's this process to them which is important and not the end result.
To read the full document you can excess the link here at, CASE STUDY: The role of art therapy as a potential space for the processing of psychological and physical experience following stroke
