Who is the object of art therapy?

Because art therapy pays more attention to the individual's inner experience and creative process, rather than the final work, people who receive art therapy do not need to have any artistic creation experience or background. Art therapy is conducted by professionally trained art therapists through individual, family or group therapy. The service targets include people of different cultural backgrounds and different age groups, and the application scope extends to helping people in psychology, education, society, medical care and other professions. According to age, it can be divided into children, teenagers, teenagers, adults and the elderly. According to the subject of the case, it can be roughly divided into the following categories:

1. Mental health field: patients related to mental health, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, paranoia, smoking addiction, alcohol addiction, drug addiction, personality problems, adjustment disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, various phobias and post-traumatic stress syndrome.

2. Development and learning difficulties: including developmental retardation, mental retardation, autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, emotional disorder, learning disorder, behavior problems, etc.

3. Social demanders: victims of domestic violence, victims of sexual assault, prisoners, new immigrants, homeless people, bereavement, marital problems, high-risk families, etc.

4. Rehabilitation field: including the rehabilitation of patients with dementia, Parkinson's disease, stroke and amputation.

5. Support the medical field: inpatients with physiological diseases in hospitals, such as cancer patients.

6. Ordinary people: hope to stimulate potential, cultivate healthy personality and seek self-growth.