Art Therapy Exam 2 with Complete
Solutions
Adolescence - ANS-Pushes through preconceived ideas about therapy that adolescents
often have and often a distrust of adults. Using art as the language in therapy - making
symbols and graphic depictions come more naturally to adolescents. The
externalization (art) of the negative behavior becomes the problem, not the individual.
Addresses adolescent depression - useful assessment. A non threatening form of
treatment. Offers a support system.
Art Materials - a Sensory Experience - ANS-Kinesthetic/Sensory Level (Lusebrink)
Emotional States can be triggered by the Sensory Experience.
The continuum - multidimensional variables.
Fluid - Resistive
Simple - Complex
Structured - Unstructured.
Art Materials - Creating Environment - ANS-Providing space and access. Always
possible to create space for art making. There are limitations and figuring out how to
compensate is important. Important to have a wide range of materials w various levels
of difficulty and provide a variety for experimentation.
Art Materials - Personality - ANS-Thorough knowledge of materials to know what they
can/can't do. All materials have different characteristics. Some materials are more fluid,
some provide more control.
Spectrum of Art materials
CONTROL
Pen
Pencil/colored pencil
Marker/crayon
Oil/chalk pastel
Acrylic/oil/watercolor paint
Clay/papermache
Finger Paints
, FLUID
Art Therapy and the Creative Process - ANS-About solving problems. Finding new
solutions to old ways of thinking, feeling and interacting. Both therapy and the creative
process are acts of modification alteration improvisation and transformation. Both
involve encounter with the self, in art therapy its through art materials and the art
making experience.
Art Therapy Settings - ANS-hospitals (medical/psychiatric), prisons, schools, homeless
shelters, veteran administration facilities, residential treatment facilities, recovery
treatment facilities, nursing home/assisted living, community art studios, art mobiles,
private practices.
Autism - ANS-ASD - social interaction and communication problems. Difficulty relating
to people, things, and events. Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviors, interests or
activities. Art therapy is viewed as adjunctive therapy in the same way as music, play
and recreation therapies. Art Therapy addresses the lack of imagination and abstract
thinking skills. Sensory regulation. Work on fine motor skills Improves
socialization/communication skills. The capacity to address psychological needs sets
Art Therapy apart from other therapies.
Behavioral Approach to Art Therapy - ANS-historically, resisted this approach. Too
much focus on behavior and not feelings. But, art making is a behavior, so it can be
used with art activities to help clients with goals related to their current problems. Use
art with self management/self control strategies.
Clay Art - ANS-Originated from the Earth - a primal mode of expression and
communication.
Historically used in symbolic representation
ex. Fertility Goddess (Old Stone Age)
Tactile (Highly sensory) - 3D, touch and physicality.
Self soothing - enhances self regulation-smoothing, pounding, building, shaping.
Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Art Therapy - ANS-*The approach that Mary Uses*
Mutual collaboration with client and therapist, belief that psychological disfunction
happens from disturbances in the thinking process.
Changing thoughts change behavior
Art process helps recognize problematic thinking processes/patterns that negatively
impact behaviors/feelings.
Art process helps reframe the negative patterns of behaviors.
Color Symbolism in Art Therapy - ANS-Goethe (1810) - first to propose a psychology of
color, exploring how colors impact our moods and emotions.
Jung encouraged clients to use color as he thought it would express a deeper part of
the psyche.
Solutions
Adolescence - ANS-Pushes through preconceived ideas about therapy that adolescents
often have and often a distrust of adults. Using art as the language in therapy - making
symbols and graphic depictions come more naturally to adolescents. The
externalization (art) of the negative behavior becomes the problem, not the individual.
Addresses adolescent depression - useful assessment. A non threatening form of
treatment. Offers a support system.
Art Materials - a Sensory Experience - ANS-Kinesthetic/Sensory Level (Lusebrink)
Emotional States can be triggered by the Sensory Experience.
The continuum - multidimensional variables.
Fluid - Resistive
Simple - Complex
Structured - Unstructured.
Art Materials - Creating Environment - ANS-Providing space and access. Always
possible to create space for art making. There are limitations and figuring out how to
compensate is important. Important to have a wide range of materials w various levels
of difficulty and provide a variety for experimentation.
Art Materials - Personality - ANS-Thorough knowledge of materials to know what they
can/can't do. All materials have different characteristics. Some materials are more fluid,
some provide more control.
Spectrum of Art materials
CONTROL
Pen
Pencil/colored pencil
Marker/crayon
Oil/chalk pastel
Acrylic/oil/watercolor paint
Clay/papermache
Finger Paints
, FLUID
Art Therapy and the Creative Process - ANS-About solving problems. Finding new
solutions to old ways of thinking, feeling and interacting. Both therapy and the creative
process are acts of modification alteration improvisation and transformation. Both
involve encounter with the self, in art therapy its through art materials and the art
making experience.
Art Therapy Settings - ANS-hospitals (medical/psychiatric), prisons, schools, homeless
shelters, veteran administration facilities, residential treatment facilities, recovery
treatment facilities, nursing home/assisted living, community art studios, art mobiles,
private practices.
Autism - ANS-ASD - social interaction and communication problems. Difficulty relating
to people, things, and events. Restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviors, interests or
activities. Art therapy is viewed as adjunctive therapy in the same way as music, play
and recreation therapies. Art Therapy addresses the lack of imagination and abstract
thinking skills. Sensory regulation. Work on fine motor skills Improves
socialization/communication skills. The capacity to address psychological needs sets
Art Therapy apart from other therapies.
Behavioral Approach to Art Therapy - ANS-historically, resisted this approach. Too
much focus on behavior and not feelings. But, art making is a behavior, so it can be
used with art activities to help clients with goals related to their current problems. Use
art with self management/self control strategies.
Clay Art - ANS-Originated from the Earth - a primal mode of expression and
communication.
Historically used in symbolic representation
ex. Fertility Goddess (Old Stone Age)
Tactile (Highly sensory) - 3D, touch and physicality.
Self soothing - enhances self regulation-smoothing, pounding, building, shaping.
Cognitive Behavioral Approach to Art Therapy - ANS-*The approach that Mary Uses*
Mutual collaboration with client and therapist, belief that psychological disfunction
happens from disturbances in the thinking process.
Changing thoughts change behavior
Art process helps recognize problematic thinking processes/patterns that negatively
impact behaviors/feelings.
Art process helps reframe the negative patterns of behaviors.
Color Symbolism in Art Therapy - ANS-Goethe (1810) - first to propose a psychology of
color, exploring how colors impact our moods and emotions.
Jung encouraged clients to use color as he thought it would express a deeper part of
the psyche.
