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Art Heals
Children
and
Their Families
Art Therapy is an excellent modality for seeking personal improvement
regardless of your artistic skill. Creative expression develops ego strength.
When we know and understand ourselves, we are better able to deal with the stress that
enters our life.
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Artistic expression exercises the creative right hemisphere of our brain. This process can
build "bridges" to the left hemisphere, offering a different approach to
achieving better communication. Exercising our creative side enhances our analytic side.
This balanced approach to personal growth and education will create the great inventors
and thinkers of tomorrow's society.
Art Therapy benefits people with long-term needs by
helping them gain mastery in the following areas:
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| +artistic expression +boundary establishment
+drawing & handwriting skills
+emotional improvement
+fine & gross motor skills |
+perception & cognition +sensory integration
+social change
+spiritual development
+sublimate behavior issues |
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Art Therapy, also, supports and nurtures those experiencing a temporary
crisis -- divorce or illness in the family, adoption, loss of a loved one, family
relocation, difficulty in school. Through the use of art materials, the individual can
express emotions, learn to deal with them and then be freed to return to a normal routine.
All individuals can work through their feelings and resolve personal
issues in a secure "holding environment" created by the
therapist. In Art Therapy, the individual learns to understand him/herself more fully and
improve communication skills with their family and friends. |
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