The Positive Effects of Art Therapy and Its Affect on the Brain

dc.contributor.author	Walker, Lydia
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-14T16:06:27Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-14T16:06:27Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05
dc.description	This paper examines various ways art therapy has been able to show how it can be beneficial for of treatment, especially for those with PTSD. It examines how the five senses coupled with muscle movement are used in conjunction with art therapy to provide outcomes for clients that are beneficial and different than can be accomplished through psychotherapy. There are three activities that are reviewed that exemplify this along with the observed results of how the clients reacted to the activities.	en
dc.description.abstract	Art therapy involves most of ones, five sense. It involves, vision, touch, smell, and hearing. In addition it involves interactions with others and muscle movement. These things make art therapy very different from other types of therapy such as psychotherapy. This creates different resulting outcomes and also causes different neurological responses in the brain than other types of therapy. This study will show how art therapy differs from other therapies and exemplify affects of art therapy outcomes.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/72153
dc.subject	Visual Arts
dc.subject	PTSD	en
dc.subject	treatment	en
dc.subject	Art Therapy	en
dc.subject	muscle movement	en
dc.subject	neurological response	en
dc.title	The Positive Effects of Art Therapy and Its Affect on the Brain	en
dc.type	Thesis	en

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