What is ART THERAPY? - Definition || ART THERAPY Part 1 || Art & Craft TALKS

In this blog, we're going to discuss "What is ART THERAPY?" in detail, where we'll discuss about Definition of ART THERAPY. This is the Part 1 of ART THERAPY. Without any further ado, let's just get into this...

If you have a short attention span and you are not able to focus on the work at hand, then this blog may hold the key to the solution of your problem as this blog deals with the topic of Art Therapy. The blog will include answers to questions such as "What is Art Therapy?" and what is its field of application and how to do it and is it necessary for you to be an artist such as good at sketching etc. This blog will answer all these questions.

Definition

Now, what is art therapy?  Therapy is the exercise by which we can use & cure refresh our body parts.

What happens is that we are doing our work and after some time, we start getting bored of it. We are not able to give our hundred percent due to our lack of focus, which is caused by doing work monotonously. In short, our brain is not able to concentrate as much as it was at the initial stage of the work. Hence, the cure to this problem, we use therapy. Therapy that helps us concentrate with the help of art is known as art therapy. 
For instance, let’s assume that our brain is a computer, and similarly as a computer starts to hang after a while and the user is required to refresh it so that the CPU can process things comfortably and the computer runs smoothly, the same phenomenon occurs with our brain. Hence, the human CPU, also known as the brain needs to be refreshed to focus. The capacity to focus needs to be revived from time to time otherwise the capacity of an individual will deteriorate further and will be beyond revival and art is a great tool that can help us focus.

Uses of Art Therapy

Now, moving on to the uses of art therapy. It helps in anxiety, depression, helps us recover from the loss of a dear one and lack of focus in our day-to-day life than it is difficult for the brain to revive on its own. Hence, art therapy is the key to achieve focus. This also acts as a refresher for people, who are doing monotonous activity in their day-to-day life such as studying for long hours, in  these scenarios taking short breaks in the form of art, therapy will boost the concentration and the level of concentration will remain constant through the activity contradictory to a person who is not taking breaks as his concentration gradually declines with time hence decreasing productivity.
Art therapy is an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship. Art therapy facilitated by a professional art therapist effectively supports personal and relational treatment goals as well as community concerns.

Conclusion

Art therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change.

Hence, for well-being, it's important to practice ART THERAPY, at a regular interval so that you & your CPU tend to be refreshed, all the time and you can perform all your day-to-day activities, most precisely...

The next blog will be out on Friday when we'll be discussing, "How to perform Art Therapy?". See you on Friday...

 

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