Art therapy

[SnowyMouse]

I'm getting assessed for this. Has anyone had art therapy? What did you think? what was it like?

Watching with interest!

Hi snowymouse I have a history of Art Therapy, fistly it doesnt matter is you cant draw very well, most of my drawings where childlike, there is a lot of words in a drawing, it can be very intensive and reveals hidden or unconsious feelings, emotions, its Really good for expression and creativity, I recieved Art Therapy for five years and though I dont recieve it anymore I still draw, I recently drew a timeline of my life, it Really helped fill in the gaps of my life and move on from past experiences,

Continued..... It gave me an outlet and a Real opportunity to illustrate my past, it is however very exhausting so you must rest and recharge in between therapies and you will need a lot of support practically, I lived in residential settings when I recieved Art Therapy. So Ensure you have additional support. If u can be successful at recieving Art Therapy I would absaloutly recommend you accept it.

I'm hoping to get this next year. I was very creative in childhood/teens and then when I went to a psychiatric unit I had wonderful support from their school, we did loads of art/music/writing as therapy.

Then when I left I just stopped all that as I no longer felt safe expressing myself :(

I want to allow myself to be more creative again. I've started going to a local charity funded art group in the meantime which is great.