How it helps
Expressing hidden thoughts through painting, you release your wishes on a piece of paper or in a sculptural composition, understand the essence of the problem, remove the internal "clips". Recent American studies have shown that cancer patients who were engaged in sculpture or drawing only four months, experienced less pain, got rid of insomnia and stress. Conclusion: art therapy transfers negative energy to a positive channel. With art therapy - help for a small child, you can understand how the child manifests itself in that or another channel of creativity.
How does it work
When drawing, do not think in advance how and what you will do. Everything should turn out at the behest of the soul, spontaneously. While the hands are working, the brain is completely freed from negative emotions. At the end of the work the psychologist asks the patients to comment in detail on their "masterpieces", how they created them and how they interpret now.
During the work, patients receive intuitive answers to long-tormented questions. Even if a person can not realize it to the end, then during drawing he gets rid of anxiety.
Children's drawings and their interpretation
Art therapy is also actively used when working with children. The most common test that psychologists suggest to children is to draw a family in which the child lives. According to who and how it is depicted, we can say about family relations.
The most significant person is the child who represents the first, drawing more carefully. Therefore, in appearance, a frail, slender, but domineering mother may not only be growing up with her father, but also higher than him.
A large image and various "decorations" testify to its egocentrism. A small figure "speaks" of anxiety and a sense of rejection.
Discard drawing
Fearful of making a mistake, many children refuse to repeat an unsuccessful experience. From errors, no one is immune, try to remake the task with the baby.
Open screaming mouth, fists, claws, sharp teeth, thorns, thorns, portraits of predators, dinosaurs, robotic assassins, weapons, natural disasters - aggression or fears.
Dirt (stained clothing, stains on the floor, dirty dishes, etc.) - the child's inner anxiety, disharmony, a chronic sense of guilt.
The image of the genitals in children's drawings is an alarming sign. Solid, confident lines in the drawing - determination, emotional balance.
Drawings on the whole sheet - evidence of an overestimated self-esteem, a tendency to conceit.
The small size of the drawings - low self-esteem, emotional dependence, a possible predisposition to depression.
With the help of art therapy, adults will be able to determine how a child is predisposed to one or another occupation, what is fear for him and what is joy for him. Most children who like active games with friends or are often capricious, can actually make an impression of a very good-natured and quiet child in art therapy. Art therapy helps a person and a child realize all the good or bad, on a piece of paper a child can express his thoughts, experiences.