3. Mental health professionals utilize expressive art
therapy to provide an alternative means for people to
talk about themselves and their experiences. Art can be
a medium of expression to aid in one’s coping with
stress and trauma.
Children of all ages may benefit from expressive arts by
entering a state of mindfulness, clarity, and healing.
Expressive arts for children include coloring, doodling,
scribbling, drawing, painting, and collage.
4. ·To learn about expressive arts and its
benefits
Objectives:
·To practice expressive arts as part of
their coping strategies
·To develop their resilience to stress
5. Coloring
Dancing
Writing
Expressive
Arts
Music
refers to any combination of
dance, writing, visual arts,
drama, music or other creative
outlets.
This type of activity has also
been shown to help children –
and adults – deal with negative
situations.This therapy helps an
individual release and express
feelings they may not know
how to let go of otherwise.
6. Benefits of
Expressive Arts
• Expressive arts awaken imagination and creativity to help discover
who he is and how to engage his senses.
• Engaging in expressive art can have a calming effect on the body
and promote a positive outlook towards one's mindset, perception
of surroundings, and emotional well-being.
• Expressive arts therapy can help develop and better understand of
one's feelings. Being angry or hurt is not always easy to describe in
words, but you can put these emotions into a drawing, poem or
dance and make it easy for you and others to understand. It also
creates a starting point for conversation, which can lead to a more
open expression of feelings and thoughts
