creative arts therapy styles

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Creative arts therapy enables clients to improve there overall mental, emotional, and physical well-being. It applies various art form techniques to help people manage stress, increase social function, enable expression, improve coordination, communication with self and others, helps with self-confidence and self-expression.  
There is evidence that engaging in artistic activities can help you emotionally and physically and help you through your life’s trauma. Opening up and being involved in these types of exercises helps to reduce stress and anxiety and has been shown to alleviate symptoms associated with depression.

Creative Arts therapy involves the use of creative techniques such as drawing, painting, collage, coloring, sculpting, sound, body movement and drama to help people express themselves artistically and examine the psychological and emotional undertones in the arts therapy they are using to help them evolve.

Art Therapy  is a form of creativity through painting and drawing for relaxation.  Using these visual techniques will help you be in the present and initiate your internal self expressive.

Art therapy can include a wide range of art materials and processes. Your sessions could potentially include activities such as working with clay, painting, making a mask, creating a visual journal, and assembling a collage. Most often, the focus will be on the process rather than creating a finished art product

  These techniques can be expressed through different exercises such us Paint or Draw your Emotions, Create an Emotion Wheel through colour, Mandela colouring, Scribble Drawing, Painting Pots, Painting Pictures Abstract or Realistic using 

acrylic/ oil paint, watercolour pencils, charcoal, crayons &/or oil pastels. 

Tactile Therapy is part of the creative arts technique that involves the making of sculptures and 3D shapes by using mediums such as  clay, Sand & the environment. Sandplay therapy can establish an inner peace that contains the potential for developing the total personality, including intellect and spirit  as you work in the sand with an intention.  Mandalas constructed in or from sand transmit positive energies to the environment and those who view them. They effect purification and healing to the maker, the viewer and the environment where they are made. Pottery or Clay work gives a person a chance to express themselves creatively. It can reduce stress and be therapeutic. Tactile Therapy it is a healthy outlet for  trauma, PTSD and can reduce negative moods and anxiety.

Sound Therapy is a technique that uses Sound and Music as its base for therapy.  This therapy deconstructs music into pure sound, harnessing the knowledge that sound can have a powerful effect on our emotions. 

We are all made up of different energy frequencies. The use of sound frequencies to interact with our personal energy frequency, attempts to rebalance our body's energy. All types of Music both meditative, general music, Tribal Rhythms Medicine Drums, Charka chimes and bowls have benefits to help with reducing stress, depression, anxiety, PTSD, Dementia. Autism spectrum disorders, people with learning difficulties, behavioral, psychiatric and sleep disorders.  In such ways, music therapy can solve cognitive knots or deficiencies in the brain. Music also helps us heal and re-develop.

Essentially sound therapy uses sound, music and specialist instruments played in therapeutic ways, combined with deep self-reflection techniques to improve health and wellbeing.

Dance movement therapy is the relational and therapeutic use of dance and movement to further the physical, emotional, cognitive, social, physical integration and cultural belief functioning of a person. It helps people with physical health by increasing strength, improving flexibility, decreasing muscle tension, and boosting coordination. It is based on the applied support unity of body, mind and soul and it provides vital tools for reconnection to the body and to the self. It has a broad range of health benefits clinically effective at improving body image, self-esteem, focus, attention, communication skills and self-awareness. It is also is an important resource for treatment of trauma because it is helpful for rehabilitation of the body. Through movement, we have the ability to  get in touch with, explore, and express our emotions. This helps release trauma that's imprinted in the mind and, as a result, experienced in the body and nervous system. This therapy type has been shown to reduce stress, fears and anxieties, as well as lessen feelings of isolation, body tension, chronic pain and depression. Dance Movement Therapy identifies the central importance of movement through its links to body memory, body language, and mediation of the therapeutic relationship with and in us as we move through the process of the therapy we are completing.

Drama therapy takes a unique approach by using drama and/or theatre techniques, including improvisation, using puppets, and acting out stories. It is an active way to gain self-confidence and explore new problem-solving skills. Drama therapy provides a safe space for individuals to explore and process any difficult thoughts, feelings, and experiences that they are going through, without relying on verbal communication.  

Role-playing allows the participant to alter their mindset, act out in new ways, and connect their own experiences to those of another person. It is used within Individual therapy, and allows the therapist and client to focus on each other, building a rapport and working together to solve the client's issue. Role play should build on the individual’s previous knowledge and experience. Role play enables people to experience a situation from the past or to prepare for a future situation.

Journaling  &  Creative Writing are easily explained below:

    Creative writing can help those struggling with sad and distressing thoughts form new, positive perspectives, even during emotionally traumatic times. Creative writing therapy is an intervention that incorporates the art of writing into spiritual healing and emotional growth. Creative writing encourages people to choose their words, metaphors and images in a way that really captures what they're trying to convey. This creative decision-making can lead to increased self-awareness and self-esteem as well as improved mental health. Sharing stories from there life to help remove traumatic events that have occurred so you can be healed.

Journal therapy helps to let out emotions and feelings whenever and where ever you feel and has therapeutic benefits similar to creative writing therapy. Therapeutic journaling can be done by keeping a regular journal to write about events that bring up anger, grief, anxiety, or joy that occur in daily life. It can also be used more therapeutically to deal with specific upsetting, stressful, or traumatic life events. It can be done individually, with just a person and his pen, or it can be guided by a mental health professional/ creative arts therapist.

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