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Art Therapy for Children: How It Leads to Change
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The aim of art therapy is to facilitate positive change through engagement with the therapist and the art materials in a safe environment. This article will explore how art therapy is used to help children with emotional, developmental and behavioural problems. It will show how change occurs during the process of physical involvement with the materials; through the making of a significant art object; through sublimation of feelings into the images; and through communication with the therapist via the art object. The article is illustrated with case vignettes which demonstrate how the theories underpinning art therapy are put into practice, drawing attention to the changes that occur as a result.
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“Although art-based interventions and art therapy initially drew their theoretical framework in psychoanalytic perspectives, recent work has shown influence by a variety of theoretical paradigms, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and social-emotional learning [5, 28].”
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“The use of art in in-person clinical contexts with youth has been shown to facilitate and encourage self-expression, discussion and awareness of emotions, through an alternative means of communication [28].”
From Online art therapy in elementary schools during COVID-19: results from a randomized cluster pilot and feasibility study and impact on mental health (2021) · cites this paper as [28]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Waller, D.
- Affiliations
- Goldsmiths University of London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Waller, Diane
- Venue
- Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-04
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 271-282
- ISSN
- 1359-1045 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7021
- OpenAlex
- W2156924295
- Cited by
- 114
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 55.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Goldsmiths Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Art Therapy and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Therapy and Development
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art Education and Development
- Keywords
- art therapy, children, therapeutic change, emotional problems, developmental problems, behavioral problems, art materials, art objects, child psychotherapy
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Art Therapy, Mental Disorders, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Female, Humans, Psychological Theory, Social Environment, Sublimation, Psychological, Imagery, Psychotherapy
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