Art therapy. Enhancing psychosocial nursing.
1. The creative process can be a means of reconciling conflicts and increasing awareness. 2. Art provides a permanent representation of clients' internal states and reflects the changes seen in the therapeutic progression. 3. Many psychological states lend themselves to a much greater extent to graphic representation, as opposed to verbalization. 4. Art holds the potential for enhancing the quality of therapy for clients by increasing expression and facilitating insight.
Tate
Frederic B
FB
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Unit, Building 26, Eastern State Hospital, PO Box 8791, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8791, USA. FTate@esh.state.va.us
Longo
Dan A
DA
D001155:Art Therapy; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing