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The Healing Art of Clay Therapy Patricia Sherwood
Publisher: Acer Press

The assignment was to create a seal out of a lump of clay. Art therapy is defined as the use of art materials like clay, paints, crayons, and markers to help people, especially children, recover from various diseases or disorders through creative expression. For more information about art therapy and other therapists practicing on the North Olympic Peninsula, visit the American Art Therapy Association at www.ArtTherapy.org. This engaging handbook is designed to guide therapists working with clay in a therapeutic context. Birren in his book Color Psychology and Color Healing. Is there Evidence for the Healing Power of Art? The Healing Power of Art Therapy. He made seals of different sizes: A big Works from the art therapy process reveal and heal the inside worlds of young offenders _ their yearning for love and understanding, their lack of problem solving skills and hope for the new chapter of life. To help her work through a severe bout of depresssion, an art therapist at her hospital introduced Anne to sculpture. Many medical professionals have given art therapy the thumbs up as well, noting that patients who receive art therapy are less depressed, more relaxed, and more cooperative than patients who do not receive adjunct therapies. Patients are being encouraged to express their fears and hopes through drawing, journaling, storytelling, writing poetry, creating music, working with clay, and using other artistic mediums. Snippets from the Healing Arts Pythagoras, the Greek scientist and mathematician was using color therapy 500 years before the birth of Christ according to author F. Both facilitators have extensive experience and qualifications in the modalities of healing and art, to guide and empower you to uncover your inner 'mother & father' through working with clay. But Pat, a 14-year-old boy, had decided to produce a family of seals. If, as science is beginning to show that we are beings of light, then in the same way that plastic is used to repair an article of plastic, or clay to mend a clay pot, one might question why light and color are not used to treat human health care.