Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

Art therapy is defined by the American Art Therapy Association as utilizing “active art-making, the creative process, and applied psychological theory—within a psychotherapeutic relationship—to enrich ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can occur after a person experiences psychological trauma. Typically, PTSD treatment involves certain types of therapy, which ...

Not every art session is art therapy, says professional art therapy facilitator Dayaline Sivakumar, from Chennai. “A usual art session could be called therapeutic art, at best,” she says. With ...

Have you ever had pent-up stress that you couldn’t express in words? Or feelings you didn’t want to share because they felt too painful or shameful? Art therapy is one way to release stress. It’s all ...

Creating art for healing purposes dates back tens of thousands of years, to the practices of First Nations people around the world. Art therapy uses creative processes, primarily visual art such as ...

Art is a powerful tool for mental health wellness, offering a creative outlet that can reduce stress, enhance emotional expression and promote healing — qualities that are especially important for ...