WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS
THERAPY?
Bellevue Hospital | Extern Didactics | Friday April 7th 2023 | 1PM
Gabrielle Fidis, MA, LCAT-LP | fidisg@nychhc.org
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
• Please take a few minutes to respond to the following prompts:
• What are facts you know about creative arts therapy?
• What are myths you have heard about creative arts therapy?
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
Experiential activity time!
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
• What are the specific modalities utilized in creative arts therapy?
• Drama Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Art Therapy
• Dance/Movement Therapy
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
• Drama Therapy
• The intentional use of drama/theatre processes to achieve therapeutic goals.
• An embodied practice that is active and experiential.
• This approach can provide the context for participants to tell their stories, set
goals and solve problems, express feelings, or achieve catharsis. Through drama,
the depth and breadth of inner experience can be actively explored and
interpersonal relationship skills can be enhanced.
https://www.nadta.org/what-is-drama-therapy
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
• Music Therapy
• The clinical & evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish
individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship.
• Interventions can address a variety of healthcare & educational goals:
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Promote Wellness
Manage Stress
Alleviate Pain
Express Feelings
Enhance Memory
Improve Communication
Promote Physical Rehabilitation
https://www.musictherapy.org/about/musictherapy/
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
• Art Therapy
• A mental health profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and
communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological
theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship.
• Effectively supports personal and relational treatment goals as well as
community concerns.
• Used to improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions, foster self-esteem and
self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social
skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and
ecological change.
https://arttherapy.org/about-art-therapy/
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
• Dance/Movement Therapy
• The psychotherapeutic use of movement to promote emotional, social,
cognitive, and physical integration of the individual, for the purpose of improving
health and well-being.
• A holistic approach to healing, based on the empirically supported assertion
that mind, body, and spirit are inseparable and interconnected; changes in the
body reflect changes in the mind and vice versa.
https://adta.memberclicks.net/what-is-dancemovement-therapy
WHAT IS CREATIVE
ARTS THERAPY?
What words stand out to you?
Where do the modalities intersect?
How are they individualized
practices?
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
• Who can become a creative arts therapist?
• Where can a creative arts therapist work?
• What kind of education does someone need to work as a creative arts
therapist?
• How does one obtain a license needed to work as a creative arts therapist?
• Why would someone decide to pursue a career in creative arts therapy?
WHAT IS CREATIVE ARTS THERAPY?
What questions/comments do you have?
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