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What Art Therapy Learned from September 11th

By Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, 33 contributed posts
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Art theorist and perceptual psychologist Rudolph Arnheim once noted, “Art serves as a helper in times of trouble.” The events of September 11th, 2001 opened the door to understanding a lot more about how art serves as a helper in times of profound cris…

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Cool Art Therapy Intervention #5: Show Me How You Feel Today

By Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, 33 contributed posts
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Art therapists have a longstanding tradition of prescribing image-making to prompt expression of feelings, often by asking people to draw, paint, or sculpt “how you feel.” It’s one of the fundamental approaches in the field that distinguishes art thera…

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