Abstract Expressionism: a development of abstract art which originated in New York in the 1940s and 1950s and aimed at subjective emotional expression. It is often characterised by gestural brush-strokes or mark-making, and the impression of spontaneity. Leading figures were Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. In many paintings under the movement of Abstract Expressionism an expression of reality is expressed in a non-representational statement with line, colour and size as well as the aggressive mingling of colours, shapes and forms that creates a painting of pure thought and emotion. There were two types of Abstract Expressionists: Action Painting as exemplified by Jackson Pollock, and Colorfield Painting represented by Mark Rothko.
Alexithymia: Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by the subclinical inability to identify and describe emotions experienced by one's self or others. The core characteristic of alexithymia is marked dysfunction in emotional awareness, social attachment, and interpersonal relation.
Art Brut: Art brut is a French term that translates as 'raw art', invented by the French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art such as graffiti or naïve art which is made outside the academic tradition of fine art.
Art Therapy: Art therapy is a distinct discipline that incorporates creative methods of expression through visual art media. Art therapy, as a creative arts therapy profession, originated in the fields of art and psychotherapy and may vary in definition. There are three main ways that art therapy is employed: analytic art therapy, art psychotherapy, and the lens of art as therapy.
Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses art media as its primary mode of expression and communication. Within this context, art is not used as diagnostic tool but as a medium to address emotional issues which may be confusing and distressing.
- Analytic art therapy focuses on the client, the therapist, and the ideas that are transferred between the both of them through art.
- psychotherapy. This approach focuses more on the psychotherapist and their analysis of their clients artwork verbally.
- Some art therapists practicing art as therapy believe that analyzing the client’s artwork verbally is not essential, therefore they stress the creation process of the art instead.
Art therapy can be used to help people improve cognitive and sensory motor function, self-esteem, self awareness, emotional resilience. It may also aide in resolving conflicts and reduce distress.
Cognitive/cognition: the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
Eating Disorder: Eating disorders are type of serious mental health conditions including anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder, characterized by severe disturbances in eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. Symptoms of an eating disorder include worrying about your weight, eating too little or making yourself sick after eating. Treatment for an eating disorder depends on the type of condition you have. It usually involves talking therapy. An eating disorder is a serious mental illness, characterised by eating, exercise and body weight or shape becoming an unhealthy preoccupation of someone's life.
Expressionism: a style of painting, music, or drama in which the artist or writer seeks to express the inner world of emotion rather than external reality.
Intuitive: using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive. having the ability to know or understand things without any proof or evidence : having or characterized by intuition. : based on or agreeing with what is known or understood without any proof or evidence : known or understood by intuition. : agreeing with what seems naturally right.
Mental Health: a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. Mental health, defined by the World Health Organization, is "a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community".
Outsider Art: Outsider art is art by self-taught or naïve art makers. Typically, those labeled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. Outsider art is used to describe art that has a naïve quality, often produced by people who have not trained as artists or worked within the conventional structures of art production
Therapy: the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process: speech therapy. a curative power or quality. psychotherapy. any act, hobby, task, program, etc., that relieves tension.
Different types of therapy:
- Psychodynamic.
- Behavioral.
- CBT.
- Humanistic.
- Choosing.
Trauma: a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. Trauma can happen after you experience an event or events that hurt you physically or emotionally. Trauma can have lasting effects on your mental, physical, and emotional health. 1. Experiencing abuse or other trauma puts people at risk of developing mental health conditions, such as: Anxiety disorders.
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https://www.baat.org/About-Art-Therapy
https://thepsychologygroup.com/alexithymia/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_therapy
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https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-art-therapy-2795755
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