Art Therapy/Art Therapies
ARTS THERAPIES refers to all those activities in which the use of art and creativity, in every form and expression, constitutes an additional or alternative channel to verbal communication. This takes place in a context of relationships oriented towards care, but also towards forms of physical and mental well-being, personal growth and enrichment.
Dance, music, theatre, writing and the relative contaminations of these disciplines with each other are therefore part of it. For this reason, they are also called EXPRESSIVE THERAPIES
and thanks to their versatility they cover a wide area of functions and uses.
ART PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY is part of this general group and concerns artistic techniques such as drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, collage etc. and can be performed both with classic materials of fine arts, and with recycled and alternative materials.
Psychodynamic means an approach that is based on the integration between the experience of the sensory and symbolic dimensions. It assumes that the artistic product and the creative process are containers and organizers of affections, through which it is possible to face difficult situations and moments of change.
Creation and artistic gesture are placed as elements between the therapist and the person and facilitate expression, reflection, the emergence of one's own resources and awareness of oneself and one's inner world.
People who choose to do art therapy find in the free expression of images an immediate and effective channel of communication to talk about themselves and deal with difficult topics, sometimes even removed, such as traumatic experiences.
The creative process that takes place within the Art Therapy setting also effectively involves the body (the hands working, the body moving).
Art therapy is a path of psychological and emotional support, but also complementary to medical/hospital situations (oncological therapies, eating disorders, diagnosis of depression, neurodegenerative diseases, pregnancy, conditions of prolonged hospitalization, etc.), social assistance and help for various users.
Its creative nature makes it an activity particularly adaptable to non-therapeutic content, such as workshops for children, spaces for relaxation and enrichment, personal and cultural. (link to the page THE STUDY)
For this multiplicity of directions, we have decided to decline the voice in the plural
"ARTS THERAPIES"