1. Art Therapy

2. Origins of Art therapy
Margaret Naumberg, an american art teacher, found the use of art therapy a powerful form of therapeutic communication for several children she taught. Naumberg observed that self- expression through spontaneous art became a psychotherapeutic treatment in its own right. Naumberg’s theory dealt primarily with the unconscious expression of nonverbal thoughts as an important tool.
A second theory, developed by art teacher Edith Kramer, suggested that the process of drawing itself was therapeutic

3. Uses of art therapy 1. Drug rehabilitation
1. Drug rehabilitation
2. Post Traumatic Stress (veterans of war)
3. Anger Management (prisons)
4. Mental/emotionally disturbed patients
5. Eating-disorders
6. Children
7. Oncology Wards (cancer)

4. Colors have meaning
Black: Grieving, mourning, somber
Brown/natural colors: Groundedness, down-to-earth
White: Avoidance, cover up 
Red: Emotional peaks such as anger, pain, pleasure

5. Orange: Change, positive or negative
Yellow: Energy, energizing
Blue: Happy, peaceful, calming
Green: Happiness, joyful, calming, Life/living
Violet/purple: Highly spiritual, love

6. Doodling - nonverbal messages that surface from the unconscious mind.

7. Aggression = Dark, heavy jagged lines
Happiness = soft curvy lines
Inner Peace = horizontal lines

8. Men typically draw geometrical shapes
Women tend to sketch faces.