What is Creative Arts Psychotherapy?
Creative Arts Psychotherapies is an umbrella term that includes Dance Movement Psychotherapy, Drama Psychotherapy, Art Psychotherapy, Music Psychotherapy, Play therapy, storytelling therapy and more. It is essentially the intentional use of any art form or material, by a trained psychotherapist, towards the mental well-being of a client. The work focuses on the needs of the client and is rooted in depth psychology, psychoanalysis with a client centered approach, making it an effective way of working with the powerful tool of the arts and the gentle approach of psychotherapy.
