With art, comes many different variables and interpretation. Subjectivity through art reveals ideas influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions. It may be used as a form of expression, hobbies, comfort or even a cultural ritual. Art can tell stories of the past that are significant to the person and allow people to develop communication skills, a positive self- image and stability with their emotions, without verbally having to tell a story and communicate them to other people. Throughout the years, the idea of art has expanded to ideas of performing arts as well as visual arts, such a dance, acting, photography and drawing. Art is now remotely used as a form of therapy all around the world in places such as psychiatric hospitals,
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Since the mind and body are interconnected during dance, a certain dance style can exert a freedom of expression, which allows the patients to openly convey what they feel and the type of burden that they have been carrying on their shoulders. Many psychiatric illnesses, like schizophrenia, autism and borderline personality, are treated with ineffective forms of therapy such as electroshock therapy and psychodynamic therapy. Electrically induced seizures are not an effective way to treat an illness and often cause more problems towards the illness, rather than relieving psychiatric, mental and physical stress. In order to make mental health therapy sessions effective towards people with mental health disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), therapists and psychologists should use different forms of art such as drawing and dance, to allow their patients to express their emotions and their …show more content…
While she taught her classes, most of her students began showing signs of emotions that were mostly shyness and fear. Chace began encouraging her students to focus more on the freedom and the expressionism, rather than telling her students to focus on the technique and choreography. As Sharon Chaiklin of the American Dance Therapy Association states “ pediatricians and psychiatrists were sending her their patients for classes because she was an original thinker who evolved a theory of clinical practice using basic dance to engage those who are severely disturbed.” (Chaiklin 4). As well as performing arts therapy, visual art therapy, like drawing, photography, painting and sculpting, are also ways that are used to treat psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, borderline personality and more. Art therapy uses many tools, for instance chalk, markers, paint and crayons, to create psychotherapeutic techniques for people with mental disorders. Art therapists must both be trained in art as well as psychological therapy to have a better understanding of the patient’s psyche, as well as easily communicate with the patients to explain and reveal their
Since the mind and body are interconnected during dance, a certain dance style can exert a freedom of expression, which allows the patients to openly convey what they feel and the type of burden that they have been carrying on their shoulders. Many psychiatric illnesses, like schizophrenia, autism and borderline personality, are treated with ineffective forms of therapy such as electroshock therapy and psychodynamic therapy. Electrically induced seizures are not an effective way to treat an illness and often cause more problems towards the illness, rather than relieving psychiatric, mental and physical stress. In order to make mental health therapy sessions effective towards people with mental health disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), therapists and psychologists should use different forms of art such as drawing and dance, to allow their patients to express their emotions and their …show more content…
While she taught her classes, most of her students began showing signs of emotions that were mostly shyness and fear. Chace began encouraging her students to focus more on the freedom and the expressionism, rather than telling her students to focus on the technique and choreography. As Sharon Chaiklin of the American Dance Therapy Association states “ pediatricians and psychiatrists were sending her their patients for classes because she was an original thinker who evolved a theory of clinical practice using basic dance to engage those who are severely disturbed.” (Chaiklin 4). As well as performing arts therapy, visual art therapy, like drawing, photography, painting and sculpting, are also ways that are used to treat psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia, borderline personality and more. Art therapy uses many tools, for instance chalk, markers, paint and crayons, to create psychotherapeutic techniques for people with mental disorders. Art therapists must both be trained in art as well as psychological therapy to have a better understanding of the patient’s psyche, as well as easily communicate with the patients to explain and reveal their