ARTS THERAPY MAY ...
- help regulate strong emotions
- address past trauma
- improve communication skills
- improve problem-solving skills
- improve focus and concentration
- introduce & develop creative approaches to mindfulness
- increase self-awareness/self-worth
- decrease anxiety
- decrease symptoms of stress
- improve ability to deal with pain
- stimulate mental function
- build relationships
- encourage decision making and risk taking
- improve visual/spatial abilities
- improve fine motor skills
- activate imagination & abstract thinking
- release tension
- support psychomotor development
- promote sensory regulation/integration
- allow for discovery or rediscovery of creativity