"I wish other professionals had pointed this out to me much earlier. Sometimes we are so involved with something/someone we can't get a handle on it. Art therapy has helped me to deal with issues that are hard to verbalise. If I'd been helped to understand part of the nature of obsession like this earlier I might not have wasted so much time"
"Sessions have helped me express things inside me which would otherwise have been suppressed. They have helped me gain insights into myself & my life situation and highlight issues that I didn't know were inside me. Sometimes, when just using words, my real feelings are avoided & drawing & colour helps me to get in touch with what is going on at a deeper level.
Art therapy has helped me to see & deal with issues in a more conscious way. It has helped me to speak my mind & even be open with others about what I think & how I feel. I'm beginning to see that it's OK to have my own opinions and views that may differ from others & that if I am hurt or upset about something it's OK to talk about it."
"Art therapy has been very good for me and because I am Dyslexic. I found it hard to write thing down, doing art it has helped me to explain thing better. It has given me more time try and understand my feeling past, present and future. Sometimes negatives thing come out for you and you may not like them and may not know how to Deal with it. I think art therapy can help you overcome them."
"Art therapy has surprised me by showing up feelings that I had suppressed or been unaware of issues that were buried inside me. I have been able to consider how I might deal with them."
"I learnt to face my feelings and my thoughts on paper in disarray just like my mind. I also found that it became a mirror image of my feelings. It has helped me face reality."
"I have learnt more about myself and feelings I held within. I also talked in detail of issues that before with counselling I couldn't discuss. I learnt to say 'no' more, to consider my feelings first."
"Art therapy provided me with a safe space to express painful and difficult thoughts and feelings that I had been unable to deal with in the past, on a deeper level and to discover feelings and thoughts I had previously been unaware of. At times during therapy I would talk whilst making an image and express very difficult emotions without realising I was doing so.
The therapy helped me to gain an insight into my patterns of thought and behaviour, and the areas of my life where I needed to make changes. Because the therapy was long term I felt it gave me the opportunity I needed to develop trust in my therapist, and the confidence to confront major issues in my life to make life-changing decisions and follow them through. It got me to the door and I walked through it"
"It gives me a space where I can put my feelings instead of always self-harming. It is also helping me to come to terms with my problems, some which I didn't think I would be allowed to let out into the adult world."
"I now have a full time job. With your help, I took the plunge and faced my problems. I realised that I was not to blame for everything that happened last 15 years. I now continued with my art again realising that I have a gift and that life is worth living for! I still have odd low days but I write or paint situations down and looking at them later see it in different light. Thank you for making me feel important again."
"At times, it has been quite painful as it has made me face truths and realities I had spent many long years avoiding. My Art Therapist has enabled me to rethink negative behaviours and outcomes. I was encouraged to think more positively of myself and nurture my self esteem; I began to have the courage to make decisions - right or wrong- for myself. Because of Art therapy I have been able to make life-changing decisions"
"It helped me to come to terms with a lot of things. Based on my experience with this kind of therapy I would recommend anyone to try it."
"I have felt a liberating effect as I am beginning to open to artistic expression"
"I have tried lots of ways to try & understand my 'problems' and cannot sort them out. Art therapy has definitely helped/helping me understand a lot more"
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