This form of therapy uses creativity and images to allow insight into a person’s experience of life and health and provides an avenue for emotional expression. It is most often used with children, including those with posttraumatic stress disorder\u00a0and attention deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, as well as with adults recovering from serious illness. Art therapists are professionally trained in both art and therapy; board certification by the American Art Therapy Association is granted after graduate level education and postgraduate supervised experience.<\/p>\n
The use of creative arts to express oneself, and the exploration of one\u2019s attempts at self-expression as means of holistic healing.<\/p>\n
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This form of therapy uses creativity and images to allow insight into a person’s experience of life and health and provides an avenue for emotional expression. It is most often used with children, including those with posttraumatic stress disorder\u00a0and attention deficit\/hyperactivity disorder, as well as with adults recovering from serious illness. Art therapists are professionally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a"],"yoast_head":"\n