Essays on Art Therapy

Bipolar is a severe mental condition under the category of depressive disorders with the major symptom being the presence of maniac episodes, during which a patient experiences unusual mood changes. The mania portrays extremely happy feelings and energy while depression manifests through sadness and depression. This mental condition affects children, teenagers, and adults at different levels with maniac episodes taking longer as a person grows older. Management of this condition is possible with early diagnosis and use of medication as well as therapeutic measures. Art therapy has proved effective in managing the mood changes of patients since it allows ...

The rebuttal of the presumption of innocence amongst under-aged children is done in cases when a child commits a serious crime. Thus, when a child between ages 13 and 16 commits a serious crime like murder or aggravated sexual assault, such a child is charged like an adult. In spite of this, such a process leads to serious consequences for these underage offenders who are often below their formative years. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impacts of charging minors who commit serious crimes like adults. This will include the review of the implications and possibility ...

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Dalirian, Zohreh, Alienation in Edward Hopper's and Jackson Pollock's Paintings (Wichita, Kan.: Wichita State University, 2010. In this published dissertation, Zohreh Dalirian compares Pollock’s alienation to that of Edward Hopper as expressed through their different artworks. He views Pollock’s art as a metaphor for his life. The alienation captured in his artwork can be used to explain his psychological characteristics. This work may be used to explore the link between artistic expression and psychology. Fisher, K, "Expressing The Age: How The Painting Of Jackson Pollock Displayed The Political Culture Of Abstract Expressionism.", Philogia, Vol. 2, ...

First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you, Jane. Thank you for the appointment that you have arranged on Tuesday, it provided me with a wonderful opportunity to have a clinical experience. It was extremely fulfilling and inspiring!

At 8 am, we had a “Before class activity” for those children who came earlier, we were making a playdoh together. It was just a very small period of fun, but I could see that the tutor was paying close attention to suggestions of children. For example, during the time I spent there, the girl suggested ...

The very word “human trafficking” brings chills of distaste to the average American. However, many adults do not understand the actual scale of the practice and what it entails. Around the world, children are forced to be murdering soldiers, children of both genders are compelled to become prostitutes, and migrants workers labor for little or no wages in a desperate attempt to feed themselves (Office of the United States Press Secretary, 2014). President Barack Obama issued a proclamation stating the United States fully recognizes the problem and in keeping with historic values, dedicated the power of the country to ...

Qualitative credibility of insights of healing was assessed by directing the focus group interviews for the perfection of the designed set of questions. As said by Bryman and Bell (2009), the focus group method is a form of team meeting in which several members (involving interviewee) highlights and discuss the raised concerns on the specific subject that is under study. Specialist measures from the focus group discussions how participants respond to each other’s viewpoints and develop their own viewpoint in accordance with the communications that occur within a team. Literature analysis and diverse brainstorming meetings were organized that provided the ...

The course on art therapy, Reiki and spirituality as alternative ways of keeping good health has a lot of impacts on human lifestyles. Spirituality is basically participation in religion such as attending synagogue, churches and mosques. It could also be through undertaking practices such as meditation, yoga and reflection. Spirituality is an important aspect of keeping good health. People believe that their faith in religion can help maintain good health. For instance, Christians would pray for good health and have faith that they will be healthy. Spirituality in form of yoga and meditation also help the human body relax hence; ...

Art therapy is therapy that channels deep emotions with people, and easing stress, pain, and loss through a process. Therapists use it as guidance in order to communicate and support their patients. Art therapy now is a new realm, people still don’t quite understand why and how therapeutic art making actually works for its patients. It is now being widely used in clinical, educational, human service and private practice settings. There is no doubt the therapy is effective since it brings positive results for people with stress, traumatic experiences, and relationship problems. Autism spectrum disorder-ASD is a complicated disorder that ...

Art therapy

How do human beings evolve? Necessity leads to innovation, but this is not to say that innovation primarily arises from the necessity. Innovation may arise from diversified thinking and exposure to different learning materials and institution. Art therapy is a categorical achievement in the medical field that serves to solve numerous challenging health problems. Art therapy is an invention in the medical field that makes use of art media, images, and the creative process which are scientifically analyzed, and interpreted in a health concept. It shows a person’s response to developed products such as reflections of a person’s development, capabilities, ...

Psychology

Introduction Art therapy is a well-known mental health profession that primarily uses creativity process of art making in order to enhance physical, emotional well-being, as well as and mental health of people. Art therapy is mainly based on belief that creative process of art-making helps people to resolve problems and conflicts, to develop interpersonal skills, to reduce stress, to manage behavior, and to increase self-esteem. In general, art therapy incorporates the fields of visual arts, human growth, and the creative process with models of psychotherapy and counseling. The introduction of art therapy influenced significant changes on how people ...

Basket of Apples a still life painting made by Paul Cézanne in 1895. The painting measures 65 x 80 cm, and the artist used oil on canvas fabric. The painting portrays a basket that seems to be spilling apples, and there is a wine bottle and a plate of cookies. The painting shows a disjointed view of the objects in an unbalanced position. - The painting has diagonal, curved, horizontal and vertical actual lines. Horizontal lines symbolize stability of the surface while discontinuous to symbolize the edges. Diagonal lines on the basket and the cloth imply movement and instability where apples are ...

Meet me at The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) is a monthly museum program for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers (Chancellor et al., 2014). In this program, curators from the museum lead discussions about a handful of artworks from the museum’s collections. This encourages people with Alzheimer’s disease and their caregivers to interact with each other and share their opinions with art experts about the artwork in the galleries. Rosenberg (2009) stated that the MoMA program improved the mood of people with Alzheimer’s disease during and after the visit, decreased social isolation ...

Abstract

This paper provides a critical reflection about Counselling and Diversity. The course focused on understanding multicultural counselling strategies. The topics included in the following reflection include personal bias identification and management, intercultural understanding in the context of providing service to diverse clients, how to understand a client’s unique world view, and the importance of counsellor self-care with a focus on wellness. As a counsellor reaching out to a diverse community of clients I will need a diverse toolkit to prepare myself for the experiences. Inside my multicultural toolkit are tools to keep my bias in check, tools for understanding diverse clients, ways to ...

Art therapy is a well-known mental health profession that primarily uses creativity process of art making in order to enhance physical, emotional well-being, and mental health of people. Art therapy is mainly based on belief that creative process of artistic helps people to resolve problems and conflicts, develop interpersonal skills, reduce stress, manage behavior, and increase self-esteem. In general, Art therapy incorporates the fields of visual arts, human growth, and the creative process with models of psychotherapy and counseling. The introduction art therapy influenced significant changes on how people think, believe and behave in the community. Behavior therapy is a procedure ...

Carleton University

Art therapy treatment has shown a promising effect on the alleviation of psychiatric symptoms in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Many patients with dementia are facing the Alzheimer’s symptoms, such as memory loss and confusion, cognitive impairment, getting lost, difficulties coping with new situations, and also they are having problems in expressing feelings verbally. The use of art therapy helps patients with Alzheimer’s disease to deal with their symptoms in many different ways. It encourages people to express their feelings non-verbally whereas they can no longer do so with words. That will help them to release their negative ...

Since 1965 when it was created by an act of Congress, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has been funding projects designed to support artistic excellence in the community. I think that in the progress of a culture or society, once the basic components are in place such as food and shelter, is when arts can abound. Part of how a culture’s success is judged is on to what degree the arts have an importance in within the society. The NEA is as a result an important marker to where American culture is. While the NEA awards for programs ...

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Introduction

Art, whether it is performing arts or the visual, has very reflective and philosophical result on the human mind. Art has inspired and shaped thousands of years of the society, as made obvious by the countless galleries, museums, venues and theaters around the whole world to the present day. The art affects each person in a different way, which is true exquisiteness of the art. The art is performed by the artists. The artists have used different mediums as a mode to influence opinion of the people all through the history, for both gracious and crooked reasons. ...

Group art therapy with mothers of sexually abused children

This article aims to highlight the benefits that psychotherapy brings forth to the mother of children who have been sexually abused and the resultant positive effects this form of therapy has on the family plus the victim who is the sexually abused child. The null hypothesis of this form of therapy is: HO: Due to psychotherapy, the issues relating to sexual abuse that affects the mother, child, and family will not be fixed. This is tried against an alternative hypothesis: HA: Due to psychotherapy the issues relating to the sexual abuse that affect the mother, child, and family will ...

The article seeks to explain how art therapy is a useful tool in helping with psychological stress related to adolescence period. It explains how it is put in use by expressing their emotional turmoil through art work which is more physical and a less verbal way of communication. In addition, it helps to build on elements of self-expression in a non-judgmental approach. This is an important tool especially when dealing with sexually abused children as it ‘shows’ rather than explains the areas where the juvenile is most affected. It is difficult for a mother or a parent to start a conversation about such a sensitive ...

Learning disabilities are challenges that educators have to face while imparting knowledge and information to these individuals (Heydon, 2007). Quantification of one to have learning disabilities is based on the diagnosis, which is conducted by psychologists or qualified professionals while using battery of tests (VAN LITH et al., 2011). However, such conditions are manageable through effective and appropriate direction and support. Visibility improves the ability of an individual to comprehend the phenomena or information being expressed (Xia et al., 2011). This is because the mind tends to remember more of what is recorded in the brain through the vision ...

Group Interventions in PSTD Treatment

Group interventions in PSTD are preferred to individual treatments due to the benefits of group therapy. The group environment provides safety, cohesion and empathy. The individuals get an opportunity to form trusting relationships. There is no single treatment strategy of the condition due to the nature of its complexity. There are four main group interventions known as cognitive behavioural therapy, psychodynamic therapy, art therapy and psychological debriefing. Cognitive behaviour therapy which involves exposure and stress inoculation therapy has been proven to be quite effective. It is used to treat fear and cognitive distortions. It is a lengthy and intensive treatment.

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Borderline Personality Disorder

Introduction Internet and on-line libraries offer variety of materials related the research of the borderline personality disorder (BPD). In this research paper works of Grohol, Winston, and Paris were used to address the current issues of BPD research progress. The main issues addressed in the paper are: the definition of borderline personality disorder, symptoms of the disease, current statistics of BPD, treatment, and current developments regarding new treatment methods. 1. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Definition and Background In accordance with National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) (2009) research, the term “borderline personality disorder” was first ...