PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder is one of the most important psychological disorders in children in which symptoms such as anxiety and depression can be seen. Beside the strategies like CBT or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and psychotherapy art therapy is one of the most important strategies which can help to children with PTSD to cope with this disorder. According to art therapy studies ...

Because sexual abuse is a recurring problem in our culture, it is likely that counselors and educators will encounter people who have been victimized by this type of abuse. Although there are a variety of therapeutic approaches for working with survivors, art therapy is one that may be less threatening. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effectiveness of art therapy in raising...

Patients with multiple personality and dissociative disorders have learned to create an alternate identity system, originally designed to protect them from experiencing the pain of inescapable, unrelieved trauma and abuse. The resulting amnesia and identity confusion cause significant dysfunction in daily living. Issues of trust and control are paramount, and occupational therapists are challen...

After months of preliminary meetings and discussions among ourselves, as well as with hospital administrators and unit staff, the first art therapy group on our inpatient service was formed. Because of the newness of this modality on this inpatient unit, caution and close scrutiny by its staff were not surprising. In fact, this served to promote a greater commitment to our project. A brief desc...

BACKGROUND Mental health problems account for almost half of all ill health in people under 65 years. The majority are non-psychotic (e.g. depression, anxiety and phobias). For some people, art therapy may provide more profound and long-lasting healing than more standard forms of treatment, perhaps because it can provide an alternative means of expression and release from trauma. As yet, no for...

aim and background: child social phobia is a common anxiety disorder that there is different intervention psychology treatment for it. the main purpose of this research was to determine the effect of cognitive-behavior group play therapy on social phobia in 5-11 years old children. methods and materials: in this research of quasi experimental, from among of the children who were referred to chi...