Art Therapy Art therapy involves the use of creative techniques such as drawing, painting, collage, coloring, or sculpting to help people express themselves artistically and examine the psychological and emotional undertones in their art. With the guidance of a credentialed art therapist,…
Art and Neurodiversity: When Is Art Just Art? Fellow PT blogger Cathy Malchiodi recently adressed the subject of neurodiversity in her post The Art of Neurodiversity. In it, Ms. Malchiodi discusses the work of Stephen Wiltshire, an artist with autism known for his remarkable talent for…
Art Therapy: The Healing Arts A few years ago, Kim Strouse lost her sister to suicide. The next year her grieving took a positive turn; she began the Rita Project, an organization that offers art therapy workshops in New York and…
Microbreaks for Caregivers: Something Is Better Than Nothing Key points By Kim Nelson, MA, with Becky Shipkosky. Nearly one in five American adults is an unpaid caregiver for another adult with a mental or physical health condition (AARP, 2020). If…