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 Creative Therapies include

01 Art Therapy 03 Music Therapy

Dance & Movement

02 Drama Therapy 04 Therapy
Introduction to Creative Therapy
● Creative therapy uses art forms — such as dance, drawing, or music — to help
treat certain conditions. Trained therapists can administer creative therapy to
help people experiencing a range of mental, emotional, and physical issues.
● Creative therapy does not require a person to have any sort of artistic ability.
Part of creative therapy is helping a person channel their thoughts and emotions
through artistic expression. For these reasons, creative therapy may be beneficial
for people who have difficulty expressing their feelings verbally.
There are many conditions that can benefit from the use of creative therapy. According to the
American Art Therapy Association, people can use creative therapy to:

● improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions

● improve self-esteem and self-awareness, resolve conflict or distress
● enhance social skills, build emotional strength
● encourage insight into situations that are causing issues
● helping a person build relationships, helping a person have a better understanding of
themselves
● providing a distraction from pain or illness, giving a person a sense of personal achievement
● providing relaxation or empowerment
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INTRODUCTION TO ART THERAPY
➔ The broad purpose of art therapy is to
help patients deal with emotional
conflicts, become more aware of their
feelings, and deal with both internal and
external problems.
➔ Clients who have experienced emotional
trauma, physical violence, domestic
abuse, anxiety, depression, and other
psychological issues can benefit from
expressing themselves creatively.

➔ Art expression provides the opportunity

to depict images that cannot be
expressed verbally, to show spatial
relationships and to express oneself
without worrying about what one is
saying.
TECHNIQUES USED ARE:
Coloring, Doodling and
Collage Photography
Painting scribbling

Finger Working with

Drawing Sculpting
painting clay

As clients create art, they will analyze what they have made and how it makes
them feel. Through exploring their art, people can look for themes and conflicts that
may be affecting their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
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INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC THERAPY
➔ Music therapists make use of music
both as a basic stimulus and for its
therapeutic applications. The
therapeutic function of music is seen
through many activities such as solo
singing, singing accompanied by the
music therapist, and drumming.
➔ Therapist uses music to encourage
nonviolent verbal behaviour, and
reduce stress.
➔ It is also used for individuals with
diverse problems, drug abuse, it is used
most frequently for individuals with
severe disabilities, such as learning
disabilities, schizophrenia, autism,
speech and language disorders, visual
disabilities, and Alzheimer’s disease.
➔ The theoretical approaches of music ➔ Many studies show evidences that
therapists can vary widely, from an music has been/ is being a remedy for
emphasis on behavioral evaluation many conditions like child
and change. use of music as a means trauma,promoting social involvement,
of enriching psychoanalytic therapy, increase in social and cognitive skills
especially for transference and in people with dementia and also helps
countertransference issues. people reminisce about earlier times
in their lives.
➔ Therapists may often improvise and
encourage clients to spontaneously
express themselves in an active way
with a variety of instruments to
disclose mood or feeling. Sometimes
initiated by client and the rest by
therapist .
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 INTRODUCTION TO DANCE /
MOVEMENT THERAPY
➔ The goals of dance movement therapy ➔
are to help individuals grow and to
interrelate psychological and
physiological processes through
movement or dance. It helps people
understand their own feelings, images, ➔
and memories, as well as those of
others, by expressing themselves
through movement or dance.
Dance movement therapy allows clients to
experience both emotional and physiological
feelings simultaneously, which can lead to a
better understanding of self.
In groups, reaching toward another person,
stretching to touch that person, or holding or
being held by group members can help
interpersonal relationships, as can the
awareness of feelings expressed in the bodily
movements of others.
 TECHNIQUES OF DANCE /
MOVEMENT THERAPY
➔ Therapist use various techniques of dance ➔ In some cases the therapist copy the
therapy based on the group or individual. actions of the client so that the
therapist could empathically
➔ Exaggeration is one such technique in, understand what the client is
which the client is encouraged to experiencing physically and
exaggerate a movement such as a shrug of affectively.
the shoulder.
➔ Copying the actions of the client
➔ After exaggeration the client can then be should be in a way that we don’t
asked to express or communicate the mimic or make fun of them.
feeling verbally or continue the movement.
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MOVEMENT THERAPY
➔ Another method is to translate a client ➔ A vast variety of approaches can be
issue into actions. used with clients, ranging from
professional dancers to autistic
➔ Example : The client wishing to separate children to those with neurological
from his mother may gradually step disabilities.
backward from the therapist, moving
toward the other end of the room, and
possibly sharing the experience as he does
so. Knowing the clients’ cultural
background can influence the methods
that dance movement therapists use.
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