Art Therapy Mid-Term || Top Grade Assured.

Art Therapy Mid-Term || Top Grade Assured.


Definition of Art Therapy (process/product) correct answers -the use of art expression in therapy
-art is a means of symbolic communication
-the melding together of two disciplines
Art + Therapy = process + product
Importance of Process
-Expressing perspective (when words cannot)
-Making the abstract more visual
-Expressing and working through powerful
emotions
-Making sense of confusing or challenging
experiences
-Making meaning out of something that
appears meaningless
-Exploring ideas of beauty, purpose
-Focusing on deepening one's understanding
an aspect of nature, relationship


Importance of Product
-Aesthetic pleasure
-Tangible symbolic representation of
some aspect of one's journey
-Representation of progress/growth
over time
-A concrete representation of an
internal process

, Art as therapy vs. art therapy correct answers Art As Therapy
-Art making as a process is enjoyable
and combats stress
-Impact of creative "flow"
-Meaning making
-Creation of aesthetically pleasing
products


Art (Psycho)Therapy
-Use of art to enhance the relationship
and interchange between client and
therapist
-Is goal-directed


Theoretical foundations of art therapy correct answers Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic Theory,
Jugian theory,
and person-centered/humanistic theory


Psychoanalytic Theory correct answers -Key role of the unconscious
-Inadequacy of word-based language to convey human complexity


Jungian Theory correct answers -Collective unconscious
-Archetypes (universal symbols and meanings)
-Presence of symbolic meanings in imagery
-Art helps us to access emotionally laden themes