Managing

Stress
8E

PrinciplesandStrategies
forHealthandWellBeing

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weresuppliedbyBrianLukeSeaward.
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withpermission.

BrianLukeSeaward,Ph.D.

Chapter12

ExpressiveArtTherapy

AnHistoricalPerspective

RockArt,ThreeRivers,NewMexico,2000yearsold

ThePower
of
Nonverbal
Communication
DreamImage

ThePowerofthe
UnconsciousMind

Inarttherapy,
everythingputonpaper
meanssomething,every
colorused,
everymarkmade,
everyintentionaland
nonintentionalaspectis
amessagefromthe
unconsciousmindto
expresssomething
valuable.
SelfPortrait

The
Clinical
Use
of
Art
Therapy

AngerExpression

Warveterans
Anorexics
Abusedchildren
Cancerpatients
Childrenof
U.S.soldiers
Others
SelfPortrait:Anorexic

Doodling
asa
form
of
ArtTherapy

ColorCode

Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)

Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)
Orange:Change

Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)
Orange:Change
Yellow:Energy

Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)
Orange:Change
Yellow:Energy
Green:Happiness

Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)
Orange:Change
Yellow:Energy
Green:Happiness
Blue:Happiness,joy

Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)
Orange:Change
Yellow:Energy
Green:Happiness
Blue:Happiness,joy
Purple:Spiritualnature

Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)
Orange:Change
Yellow:Energy
Green:Happiness
Blue:Happiness
Purple:Spiritualnature
White:Fear/hope

Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)
Orange:Change
Yellow:Energy
Green:Happiness
Blue:Happiness
Purple:Spiritualnature
White:Fear/hope
Black:Fear/power
Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

ColorCode
Red:Passion(anger/love)
Orange:Change
Yellow:Energy
Green:Happiness
Blue:Happiness
Purple:Spiritualnature
White:Fear/hope
Black:Fear/power
Gray:Indecisiveness
Source: Courtesy of Alexander Johnson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

StepstoInitiateArtTherapy

Source: Courtesy of Allison E. Fisher Memorial Fund, Inc.

SelfPortrait

Artwork
Interpretation

SelfPortrait,CancerPatient

IllustrativeThemes

ExpressionofAnger

IllustrativeThemes
Selfportrait
(someaspectofyou)

ExpressionofAnger

IllustrativeThemes
Selfportrait
(someaspectofyou)
Twofantasyanimals

ExpressionofAnger

IllustrativeThemes
Selfportrait
(someaspectofyou)
Twofantasyanimals
Closeyoureyes
anddrawaline...thenopen

ExpressionofAnger

IllustrativeThemes
Selfportrait
(someaspectofyou)
Twofantasyanimals
Closeyoureyes
anddrawaline...thenopen...
Healingimages

ExpressionofAnger

IllustrativeThemes
Selfportrait
(someaspectofyou)
Twofantasyanimals
Closeyoureyes
anddrawaline...thenopen...
Healingimages
Mentalimage
Peacefulimage
Howyoufeelrightnow
Dreamimage

ExpressionofAnger

IllustrativeThemes
Selfportrait
(someaspectofyou)
Twofantasyanimals
Closeyoureyes
anddrawaline...thenopen
Healingimages
Mentalimage
Peacefulimage
Howyoufeelrightnow
Dreamimage
Drawangerand/orfear
ExpressionofAnger

IllustrativeThemes
Selfportrait
(someaspectofyou)
Twofantasyanimals
Closeyoureyes
anddrawaline...thenopen
Healingimages
Mentalimage
Peacefulimage
Howyoufeelrightnow
Dreamimage
Drawangerand/orfear
Drawanythingyoudlike
ExpressionofAnger

Typesof
ArtTherapyMedia

HealingImage

Pastels
Crayons
Clay
Silk
Tilesandmany
otherstyles
Source: Courtesy of Diana Smadbeck

HealingImage

MagicMarkersonTiles

BestApplicationof
ArtTherapy

ExpressionofFear

ExamplesofArtTherapy

SelfPortrait

DrawingofHealthIssues

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

Source: Courtesy of Tracy Murphy

HealingImage:Before

Drawings courtesy of Diana Smadbeck

HealingImage:After

FeelingsofAngerandFear
Source: Courtesy of Sabrina Neu

Expression of anger
Source: Courtesy of Theoni Panagopolus

DreamImage

Expressionofanger/frustration

Source: Courtesy of Robin Thompson

Drawalinewitheyesclosed

SelfPortraitHealingImage

ExpressionofAnger(somatizer)

ExpressiveArtTherapy