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Creativity in Art Therapy

Creativity in Art Therapy

Rachel Brandoff
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781522505044|ISBN10: 1522505040|EISBN13: 9781522505051
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0504-4.ch015
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Brandoff, Rachel. "Creativity in Art Therapy." Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Education, Media, and the Arts, edited by Nava R. Silton, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 327-336. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0504-4.ch015

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Brandoff, R. (2017). Creativity in Art Therapy. In N. Silton (Ed.), Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Education, Media, and the Arts (pp. 327-336). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0504-4.ch015

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Brandoff, Rachel. "Creativity in Art Therapy." In Exploring the Benefits of Creativity in Education, Media, and the Arts, edited by Nava R. Silton, 327-336. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0504-4.ch015

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Abstract

Art therapists help to access and awaken their clients' personal, latent creativity by promoting art making by the client (Snyder, 1997). Art Therapists aid clients by re-establishing creative thought and flow. They encourage the use of art materials, assist with the engagement in the art-making processes, and facilitate reflection on art made in the context of psychotherapy (Lombardi, 2014). Exercising creativity in therapy is an effective way to develop problem-solving and original thinking approaches, and it ultimately enables clients to generalize these skills towards other areas of life (Lowenfeld & Brittain, 1987). It is not uncommon for people to lose touch with creativity as a result of coping with life stressors, transitions or trauma. Through engagement with art making in art therapy, clients can potentially address psychological blockages that might inhibit or prevent access to creative thinking.

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