Art Therapy Works for Everyone

Adults

Adults can greatly benefit from traditional talk therapy in conjunction with art therapy. Art therapy can be especially helpful for adults navigating life changes, relationship dynamics, stress, or grief. You don’t need any art experience, just an open mind. Through concrete visual tools like timelines, mapping, and boundary circles, art therapy helps make sense of your complex emotions, offering new perspectives and meaningful insights that support growth and healing.

Teens

Adolescents tend to respond very well to the creative arts. Adolescents is the developmental time to explore, question and create. The art allows a safe environment to nurture that curiosity. The ability to express themselves freely without obligation of communication lessens the anxieties about therapy. Although the verbal processing for teens is a big part of their exploration, they are able to reflect in their own time, refer back to previous art, and thus have a sense of control which they often feel is lacking.

Children

Children are by far the most naturally inclined towards art therapy. Some of their earliest forms of expression and exploration is through art. They tell stories, learn about their environments, develop a style and a sense of self about who they are and what they like through art. Art appeals to their natural playful nature. Children can tell their stories and their experiences through the art without ever having to directly identify themselves. The ability to project onto the art allows them a safe distance to process difficult traumas. In their own time, they can be in control of verbalizing and identifying their experiences.