Child Art Therapy

Art therapy may focus on the creative art-making process itself, as therapy, or on the analysis of expression gained through an exchange of patient and therapist interaction. The psychoanalytic approach was one of the earliest forms of art psychotherapy. This approach employs the transference process between the therapist and the client who makes art. The therapist interprets the client's symbolic self-expression as communicated in the art and elicits interpretations from the client. (Edwards,2004) Analysis of transference is no longer always a component.
According to Wadeson, Durkin, & Perach (1989), Current art therapy includes a vast number of other approaches such as: person-centered, cognitive, behavior, Gestalt, narrative, Adlerian, family (systems) and more. The tenets of art therapy involve humanism, creativity, reconciling emotional conflicts, fostering self-awareness, and personal growth.
This report will firsty provides outlook about various available counseling intervention that are available. Then, this report will discuss some history of counseling in Malaysia. Next , background about Art therapy, definition about drawing and definition of children art drawing. Additionally, this report will also discusses types of intepretation on child art drawing, the outcomes or findingd on child art drawings and theories involved in child art therapy. In addition, this report outlines the benefits of art therapy. Finally will conclude the report with all the necessary discussion on art