Art Therapy Research Paper
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Art Therapy
Phua Yu Ting
HELP University
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Opener:
B. Thesis statement: There are advantages and disadvantages of art therapy.
II. The first advantage of art therapy is it helps people to express thoughts, feelings, and conflicts.
A. Adults
1. Self-discovery and self-expression
2. Emotional growth
B. Children
1. Relief stress
2. Express feelings with limited vocabularies
III. Art therapy provides individuals with control over specific person to communicate; non-verbally communication is a way to let them attempting to put ambivalent feelings into words.
A. Accessible to people with disability
B. Useful in someone who is autism
IV. The disadvantage of art therapy is materials …show more content…
Art therapy has been found that as a very useful tool to many disabled people. Artistic therapy helps these disabilities of the affect deviations within the brain. Aguila argued that someone who have learning difficulties, have an imbalance in the brain that alters perception (as cited in Sommers, 1977, p. 51-54). Zamierowski (1980) suggested that the imbalance of the left and right hemispheres affects perception, which is known to occur on the right side. Aguila summarized a distortion in the right hemisphere refers to "negative emotions" with anger, depression, and art therapy can be used as tools that relieve these feelings (as cited in Prager, 1993, p. 2-10). With the help of creative-expressive approach as artistic therapy, it aids the attention for the right hemisphere (Zamierowski, 1980). According to MA et al. (2011) believed that the person who has recently continuous a disability can be better to speak out their mind clearly because the art making has become as a tool to stimulate communication across the two hemisphere of the brain. Another disability is Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) that this form of therapy has had positive effects. Aguila discovered integrating art therapy to a multi-modal program, such as psychodynamic, cognitive and behavioural therapy, it is benefits to the child to deal with AD/HD (as cited in Henley, 1998, p. 2-11). By controlling impulsive behaviour and an increased ability to concentrate, even with a stimulating activity such as painting a mural, it is very effectively. Schimmel and Kornreich (1991) acknowledge that art therapy was very helpful with a child who had autism. Using art therapy with proper training, the autistic behaviour such as withdrawal symptoms, can easily get controlled. For example, children can perform
Phua Yu Ting
HELP University
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Opener:
B. Thesis statement: There are advantages and disadvantages of art therapy.
II. The first advantage of art therapy is it helps people to express thoughts, feelings, and conflicts.
A. Adults
1. Self-discovery and self-expression
2. Emotional growth
B. Children
1. Relief stress
2. Express feelings with limited vocabularies
III. Art therapy provides individuals with control over specific person to communicate; non-verbally communication is a way to let them attempting to put ambivalent feelings into words.
A. Accessible to people with disability
B. Useful in someone who is autism
IV. The disadvantage of art therapy is materials …show more content…
Art therapy has been found that as a very useful tool to many disabled people. Artistic therapy helps these disabilities of the affect deviations within the brain. Aguila argued that someone who have learning difficulties, have an imbalance in the brain that alters perception (as cited in Sommers, 1977, p. 51-54). Zamierowski (1980) suggested that the imbalance of the left and right hemispheres affects perception, which is known to occur on the right side. Aguila summarized a distortion in the right hemisphere refers to "negative emotions" with anger, depression, and art therapy can be used as tools that relieve these feelings (as cited in Prager, 1993, p. 2-10). With the help of creative-expressive approach as artistic therapy, it aids the attention for the right hemisphere (Zamierowski, 1980). According to MA et al. (2011) believed that the person who has recently continuous a disability can be better to speak out their mind clearly because the art making has become as a tool to stimulate communication across the two hemisphere of the brain. Another disability is Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) that this form of therapy has had positive effects. Aguila discovered integrating art therapy to a multi-modal program, such as psychodynamic, cognitive and behavioural therapy, it is benefits to the child to deal with AD/HD (as cited in Henley, 1998, p. 2-11). By controlling impulsive behaviour and an increased ability to concentrate, even with a stimulating activity such as painting a mural, it is very effectively. Schimmel and Kornreich (1991) acknowledge that art therapy was very helpful with a child who had autism. Using art therapy with proper training, the autistic behaviour such as withdrawal symptoms, can easily get controlled. For example, children can perform