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The Healing Art of Clay Therapy by Patricia Sherwood

The Healing Art of Clay Therapy Patricia Sherwood ebook
Page: 128
ISBN: 0864316917, 9780864316912
Publisher: Acer Press
Format: pdf

The Healing Art of Clay Therapy. Art therapist Catherine Gillespie-Lopes on art therapy and the power of art to unlock artistic expression and heal. Snippets from the Healing Arts Pythagoras, the Greek scientist and mathematician was using color therapy 500 years before the birth of Christ according to author F. I learned that Amelia MA, LPCA has worked for 6 years in healing arts. Sorry for the length of the article, but there really is some good info here. Lombardi offers patients therapeutic dance sessions, writing groups, and workshops featuring quilting, clay sculpting, and painting. The dearth of research and books on the subject may be a result of the belief that clay therapy comes under the umbrella of art therapy. In children, sculpting with clay may work effectively both as a process of cathartic release and an expression of difficult emotions. Here is another note worthy ART THERAPY article I found on the development of the healing arts. Is it the process itself, the actual act of making art that soothes our nerves and settles our brains? She has a background in art therapy She has worked as a therapist, artist, and dancer in a community project Spirit Dance, designed and facilitated creativity camps for children and worked as a college professor. Both writing and visual art can play a role in reducing pain and decreasing physical symptoms of illness. The studio has a variety of art material available from mixed media to painting, clay, jewelry, making, chalks: about anything an artist thinks they want to attempt. Birren in his book Color Psychology and Color Healing. By its very nature we intuitively know that art is healing and therapeutic—but why? If, as science is beginning to show that we are beings of light, then in the same way that plastic is used to repair an article of plastic, or clay to mend a clay pot, one might question why light and color are not used to treat human health care.